In 1973, producer Craig Leon went to see an exhibit of ancient art made by the Dogon people, a Malian tribe. He took what he learned and made Anthology of Interplanetary Folk, a masterpiece of ...

A DRY, biting wind swept in from the Sahara as my young guide, David Dolo; my driver, Mahmadou; and I followed a local animist priest up a rocky trail in Dogon country in central Mali. Below us ...

the Dogon tribe living in the central plateau region of Mali. These works are thus a reflection of his thoughts and experiences with members of this ethnic group that has managed to strongly uphold ...

Mali, which is near Timbuktu in West Africa, is home to an obscure but remarkable people known as the Dogon Tribe with a population of less than one million. What’s so special about this tribe ...

Here, the Dogon tribe resides with its strange customs and beliefs. Each of their rituals like dances, initiation of tribal elders and burial practice particularly, are steeped in mysterious ...

People cannot go to Mali's Dogon region to witness its spectacular ancient culture, so the Dogons brought their dancing, wrestling and architecture to the Sahel nation's capital. The central ...

Jeanne Haffner discusses a bird's-eye photograph of the Dogon tribe working their fields in Mali, explaining how aerial photography changed the spaces we live in. Show more The Dogon. Jeanne ...