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Today, at least 35% of the Dogon practice Islam. Another 10% practices Christianity. Those who have accepted one of these two monotheistic religions have abandoned their worship of fetishes (idols) which had been prevalent amongst them. Dogon society is organized by a patrilineal kinship system.
Dogon country (French: Pays Dogon) is a region of eastern Mali and northwestern Burkina Faso populated mainly by the Dogon people, a diverse ethnic group in West Africa with diverse languages. Like the term Serer country occupied by the Serer ethnic group, Dogon country is vast, and lies southwest of the Niger River belt. The region is composed ...
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. [3] However, Fulani militants of Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin were suspected to be responsible. [7] An anonymous Malian official stated that at least thirty people were killed in the massacres, with that number later rising to thirty-three people killed and five others injured, as well as an unknown number of residents missing.
Adama Dionko, the chairman of the Collective Association of Dogon People, corroborated Poudiougou's claims, stating that the perpetrators of the Gangafani and Yoro massacre were the same ones who perpetrated the Sobane Da massacre. [5] An internal UN document later assessed the massacre was perpetrated by Fulani militants. [1]
In Mali, the state of Macina, in the midst of the Inner Niger Delta was dominated by Fula people and culture. [2] Dogon and Songhay people are dominant in the east of the country, with the Songhay Empire pushing traditionally animist Dogon deep into the isolating hill country of the southeast. Here the Dogon have maintained a unique culture ...
The area of the escarpment is inhabited today by the Dogon people. Before the Dogon, the escarpment was inhabited by the Tellem and Toloy peoples. Many structures remain from the Tellem. The Bandiagara Escarpment was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1989.
The Tellem (meaning: "those who were before us" or "We found them" in the Dogon language [1] [2]) were the people who inhabited the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali between the 11th and 16th centuries CE. [3] [4] The Dogon people migrated to the escarpment region around the 14th century. In the rock cells of this red cliff, clay constructions ...
Dan Na Ambassagou (“hunters who trust in God,” in Dogon language [1]) is an ethnic Dogon militia in Mali. [2] [3] The militia was setup in 2016 [4] to defend Dogon communities against attacks, which has led to a number of conflicts with members of the Fula community. [2]