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Conversations with Ogotemmeli, An Introduction to Dogon Religious Ideas
by Marcel Griaule
- CULTURAL PORTRAIT
- 1977
- PAPER
- 248 PAGES
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An account of the complex metaphysical beliefs and cosmology of the Dogon people of the upper Volta region. French anthropologist Griaule spent 16 years with his African hosts before they revealed their philosophy to him in these "conversations," originally published in 1948 as "Dieu d'Eau." It also contains interesting material on the drum and its symbolism.
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