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The Dogon people with whom French anthropologists Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen worked during the 1930s and 1940s had a system of signs which ran into the thousands, including "their own systems of astronomy and calendrical measurements, methods of calculation and extensive anatomical and physiological knowledge, as well as a systematic ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Dogon people" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Georges Fonghoro; O. Ogotemmeli
Dogon may refer to: 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
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.
Dogon people (2 P) R. Dogon religion (4 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Dogon" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent ...