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Dogon

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[doh-gon] / ˈdoʊ gɒn /

noun

  • Dogons,
    plural
  • Dogon
    plural
  1. a member of a group of Indigenous people of the mountains of central Mali.

  2. the Gur language of the Dogon.


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General Dogon, an activist with Los Angeles Community Action Network who was in attendance, pushed back on that narrative, saying the arrested man had merely closed the door behind him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023

It features a picture of the dance of the Dogon ethnic group.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2022

“Self-Portrait After Dogon Bird Mask” features four hues rather than two, and the graphite areas in the black-and-gray drawings are made of free, densely overlapping strokes.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022

Other writers and researchers, myself included, believe Bannaka to have been of the Dogon people of Mali, who practiced and preserved their own ancient traditions and learning.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2021

"And now heed me well for I am known as Dolo Anah and I have instructions from above for the people of the Dogon."

From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds

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