plural Dogon or Dogons
1
: a member of a people of Mali noted for their sculpture
2
: the language of the Dogon
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Mikael Owunna’s photographs from his Infinite Essence series, which draw on Igbo and Dogon cosmologies, depict luminous bodies suspended in celestial grandeur.
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Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Stewart connects this habit to the West African Dogon people, who believed that cooking vessels contained spirits.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The escarpment—a sheer sandstone ridge that rises abruptly from the plains—stretches for miles, its ledges dotted with Tellem dwellings—eerily perched and unreachable—while Dogon homes cluster below.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
No matter your seat at Dogon, flavors here have their saturation turned up to 200%.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2025
In 2012, University of Michigan evolutionary anthropologist Beverly Strassmann published an analysis of the impact of religion on EPP in Mali’s Dogon society.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 6 Mar. 2025
Popular attractions in Mali: Timbuktu, Bandiagara Escarpment, Djenné Mosque, Great Mosque of Djenné, Tomb of Askia, National Museum of Mali, Dogon Country
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—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2025
There are other Indigenous cultures that speak about this: the Hopi tribe, the Dogon tribe in West Africa, the Lakota tribes.
—Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Stewart connects this habit to the West African Dogon people, who believed that cooking vessels contained spirits.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The escarpment—a sheer sandstone ridge that rises abruptly from the plains—stretches for miles, its ledges dotted with Tellem dwellings—eerily perched and unreachable—while Dogon homes cluster below.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
No matter your seat at Dogon, flavors here have their saturation turned up to 200%.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2025
In 2012, University of Michigan evolutionary anthropologist Beverly Strassmann published an analysis of the impact of religion on EPP in Mali’s Dogon society.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 6 Mar. 2025
Popular attractions in Mali: Timbuktu, Bandiagara Escarpment, Djenné Mosque, Great Mosque of Djenné, Tomb of Askia, National Museum of Mali, Dogon Country
4.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2025
There are other Indigenous cultures that speak about this: the Hopi tribe, the Dogon tribe in West Africa, the Lakota tribes.
—Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Dogon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dogon. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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