Dogon
Americannoun
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Dogons,
plural
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Dogon
plural
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a member of a group of Indigenous people of the mountains of central Mali.
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the Gur language of the Dogon.
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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
The other sculpture, free-standing, was cut from a single block of wood by a Dogon artist in Mali in the 18th or early 19th century.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 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
We need a man who has no affiliations, no preferences for Tuareg, Teda, Chaambra, Dogon, Moor or whatever.
From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds
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