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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pascal Maitre is a frequent contributor to National Geographic. Mali’s Dogon people have long lived in villages on cliffs, like this one in Sanga.

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 ...

More than 150 people were killed ... for killing 23 Malian soldiers in their barracks in central Mali. Less than a week later, the Dogon group Dan na Ambassagou annihilated the villages of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...