Many Dogon people practice traditional animist religions based in nature, while others are Muslim. But this community was Christian, praying on mud pews.

He says that tourists come and go, but it is up to the Dogon people to decide how they will adapt or not in the 21st century. Related. Schwarz report (Real Audio) - Download 582K ...

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 ...

Photo books “Dogon: People of the Cliffs” (5 Continents; $29.95 hardcover) The photos have that ageless quality about them, seeming not to have been taken in our lifetime. That’s the power ...

Q Why do the Dogon people of Mali believe they were visited by amphibious beings from the star Sirius 3,000 years ago? Have any planets been discovered around Sirius? DR West, Glasgow, Scotland. A ...

Youssouf Toloba, who leads the Dogon militia known as Dan Na Ambassagou, has denied that his fighters carried out the March bloodshed that left at least 157 people dead. Some Peuhl leaders ...

Influenced by Jean Rouch, Portuguese photographer José Pedro Cortes traveled to Mali to shoot the series Moi, Un Blanc .

of Splendora returned to the people and land that have captured her heart -- the Dogon in West Africa. She and seven other members of the United Baptist Church in Splendora spent five weeks this ...

Dogon, which draws on Onwuachi’s Afro-Caribbean heritage, is set to open along D.C.’s Southwest Waterfront on Sept. 9. Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by ...