Dogon
Americannoun
plural
Dogons,plural
Dogon-
a member of a group of Indigenous people of the mountains of central Mali.
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the Gur language of the Dogon.
Example Sentences
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“They were called cardboard condos,” said Richardson, a Skid Row leader now known as General Dogon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
There is a large belt that represents M’Baku’s status as the ruler, with ropes and a raffia skirt based on the Dogon tribe of Mali, and a leather sheath underneath it.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 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
Sweat glistened on the faces and bodies of the assembled Dogon headmen, their uncharacteristically silent witchmen, the Hogons and the sons of the headmen.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
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