The Dogon displaced the indigenous Tellem people ... for West African art and artifacts, along with the emergence of sophisticated smuggling networks, threaten to wipe out one of Africa's greatest ...

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.

There have been numerous attacks in Mali in recent months, some ethnically driven, some carried out by jihadist groups. Clashes between Dogon hunters ... The BBC's West Africa Correspondent ...

The geological, archaeological and ethnological interest, together with the landscape, make the Bandiagara plateau one of West Africa's most impressive sites ... The relationship of the Dogon people ...