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The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso. ...
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 ...
The Nommo or Nummo are primordial ancestral spirits in Dogon religion and cosmogony (sometimes referred to as demi deities) venerated by the Dogon people of Mali. [1] The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning "to make one drink." Nommos are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. Folk art depictions of ...
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 ...
The Bandiagara Escarpment (Arabic: منحدرات باندياغارا الصخرية, French: falaise de Bandiagara) is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country of Mali.It rises about 500 m (1,600 ft) above the lower sandy flats to the south, and has a length of approximately 150 km (90 mi).
The Binou (or Binou cult [1]) is a Dogon totemic, religious order and secret ceremonial practice which venerates the immortal ancestors. [2] It can also mean a water serpent or protector of a family or clan in Dogon. [3] It is one of the four tenets of Dogon religion—an African spirituality among the Dogon people of Mali.
Toloy dwellings, now abandoned, in the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali.. Toloy is the name given to the first occupants [1] of the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali.Since the 15th century, this area has been known as Dogon country.
Dogon people, an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa; Dogon languages, a small, close-knit language family spoken by the Dogon people of Mali; Dogon A.D., an album by saxophonist Julius Hemphill; Musa Dogon Yaro (1945-2008), Nigerian sprinter; Jean-Luc Dogon (born 1967), French football coach and a former ...