Conversation with Ogotemmêli
Book 1965 • Griaule, Marcel

Dogon • Africa > Western Africa
This relatively short book, a translation of “Dieu d'eau: entretiens avec Ogotemmêli” by Ralph Butler and revised by Audrey I. Richards and Beatrice Hooke, is a result of Griaule's interviews with one of the Dogon better-informed elders in October an...

The Dogon
essay 1954 • Griaule, Marcel & Dieterlen, Germaine

Dogon • Africa > Western Africa
In this short article, the authors present a brief and clear-cut account of the relationship between the Dogon cosmogony and their social organization in terms of a discussion of certain institutions and concepts -- the myths, the man, the tribe, kin...

Dogon games
Book 1938 • Griaule, Marcel & Marcus, Michael A.

Dogon • Africa > Western Africa
This work, written by a well-known French ethnologist, presents a detailed study of the toys, dances, games and other amusements of the Dogon children living in the area of the escarpment of Bandiagara in French Sudan. The data for this study were co...

The pale fox
Book 1986 • Griaule, Marcel & Dieterlen, Germaine

Dogon • Africa > Western Africa
This is the English translation of the classic French ethnography on the Dogon creation myth, ‘Le renard pâle,’ published in 1965. Although Griaule's ethnographic methods have come under attack (see van Beek, document no. 31), this is nevertheless an...

Dogon masks
book chapter 1938 • Griaule, Marcel & Winchell, Jean H.

Dogon • Africa > Western Africa
This work presents the results of the author's study of Dogon masks, data for which were collected in the course of investigations carried on in the escarpment of Bandiagara during three visits to the area in October-November 1931, January to April 1...