Dogons are people of Mali, in West Africa. Their population is estimated at 300 000 peoples. They occupy the area which goes from cliff of Bandiagara to the south-west of the loop of Niger. Some Dogons are installed in the north of Burkina Faso. Dogons are above all the farmers (primarily millet). They are famous for their cosmogony and their sculptures.

The language spoken by Dogons is the dogon which gathers several dialects. There is also a secret language, the sigi so, language reserved for the company of the masks. Dogons are dependent with l’ethnie of Bozos by the relationship on joke. Dogons and Bozos make fun reciprocally but parallélement owe assistance.

Dogons would have come from Mandé, area located at the south-west of Mali in XIVe century to avoid Islamization. They would have settled in Kani Bonzon before dispersing in three parties which are the Cliff of Bandiagara, the plate (area of Sangha) and the plain. This cliff was then inhabited by Tellem.

As well as possible to illustrate what represents its people and his culture Dogon Déné A chooses a text of his/her father the poet Malian Hamadoun Ibrahima Issébéré (soon available in english)