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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 ...
At least 95 people were killed in an attack on an ethnic Dogon village in central Mali in the latest deadly violence to hit the restive region. Nineteen others were missing after unknown armed ...
While there have been conflicts between the more settled Dogon people and the Fulani herders in central Mali for a long time, they have become increasingly violent since a militant Islamist ...
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Unknown assailants killed ... of frightened communities arming themselves. Nineteen people were missing after the Dogon village of Sobame Da was attacked around 3 a.m ...
Mahmadou, who came from southern Mali and who had rarely visited Dogon country ... health clinics are few and far between and most sick people rely on the monkey paws, beads and other talismans ...
"There are always people in the villages who want to sell," Oungoyba says. "It's just a question of how much money." The villages of Dogon Country are among hundreds of sites across Mali that ...
But there is one memory that stands out more than most: being told the story of Sigui, the greatest ceremony and one of the most revered traditions of my people, the Dogon of central Mali.
The Togu na is the most important public gathering place for the Dogon people of Mali in West Africa. These low structures, supported by three rows of wooden posts and topped with a thick roof of ...
Dozens of women and children in a village in central Mali have demonstrated following allegations that the army killed more than 20 people ...
One of several wellness centers on 116 Street in Harlem Source: Paul Stoller The Dogon people of Mali say that the Sigui, an important ritual, takes off on the “wings of the wind.” The ritual ...