of Splendora returned to the people and land that have captured her heart -- the Dogon in West Africa. She and seven other members of the United Baptist Church in Splendora spent five weeks this ...

A DRY, biting wind swept in from the Sahara as my young guide, David Dolo; my driver, Mahmadou; and I followed a local animist priest up a rocky trail in Dogon country in central Mali. Below us, the ...

© A visitor looks at women figures with raised arms as he visits ‘The Dogon’ exhibition during the media day at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris April 4, 2011 ...

In a land of many tribes, each practising its own culture and rituals, there is a tribe with a culture based on a mythology stranger than fiction. In sub-Saharan Africa, in Mali, along the river Niger ...

As we delve into the West African blogosphere this week, our first stop is Nigeria. One issue that is attracting so much attention among Nigerians bloggers is NOSPETCO. What is NOSPETCO? If you have ...

Nearly 100 people have been killed in an attack in a village in central Mali inhabited by the Dogon ethnic group, officials say. The attack happened in Sobame Da, near Sanga town in the Mopti region.

The slaughter on Saturday of more than 130 Fulani herdsmen in central Mali, allegedly by members of the Dogon ethnic group, is the latest and most deadly incident in an increasingly violent conflict.