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 ...

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 ...

© 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DOGON COUNTRY, Mali — The woman balanced a large bundle of firewood on her head, steadying it with her left hand. In her right, she grasped the handles of a black plastic bag. Yet, she still managed ...

The first idea to get rid of is that secrets are bad. the West we tend to think of secrets as negative and sinister,” says Mary H. Nooter, curator of “Secrecy: African Art That Conceals and Reveals,” ...

The Dogon culture blossomed in the spectacular rocky landscape of Bandiagara in what is now Mali. The natural and cultural heritage of the Dogon has been on the UNESCO world heritage list since 1989.

Alone figure descents the sheer rock face in the dwindling light of dusk. The figure appears suspended against the high rock wall, yet he slowly edges closer to the level ground below. When he gets ...

Mali’s government has banned a group of men disguised as hunters who attacked a village early Saturday morning, killing 134 villagers, including women and children, and burning down their huts. CNN ...