Some three decades ago I became aware of the Dogon people through a book called “Conversations with Ogotemmelli,” by Marcel Griaule. For me, this interesting culture always symbolized the great ...
Dogon land in south-east Mali is a "sanctuary to be penetrated only by those who have undergone initiation rites". The magic of Dogon country is its inaccessibility, which has protected the ...
Growing up near the village of Sangha on Mali's Bandiagara Escarpment, Amahigueré Dolo always felt compelled to make art. How could he not? He lived in the heart of Dogon country, which is famous for ...
Tradition and tourism once made Dogon country a must-see for visitors to Mali. Islamist militants put an end to that, and now the community is struggling to survive and preserve its invaluable culture ...
Art Wolfe follows the Niger river road to the villages of the cliff-dwelling Dogon people. Mali is more than the Sahara; it is a place where the Niger River flows past some of Africa’s unique tribal ...
In this arid area near the eastern edge of Mali near the Burkina Faso border, the indigenous Dogon people struggle to maintain their culture and traditional ways of life since the end of the colonial ...
© A visitor looks at women figures with raised arms as he visits ‘The Dogon’ exhibition during the media day at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris April 4, 2011 ...
The Bandiagara rock plateau in the West African country of Mali provides a spectacular scenic backdrop. The art of the native Dogon people from the region can now be seen in Bonn. Bandiagara is a town ...
Au milieu du XXe siècle, les publications ethnologiques de l'école Griaule présentent la culture dogon comme le reflet d'un système cosmogonique immuable, source d'harmonie sociale et de traditions ...
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