the dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali , in West Africa, south of the niger bend . near the city of bandiagara and in burkino faso . the population number between 400,000 and 800,000 [1] they speak Dogon language, which are considered to constituted an independent branch of niger - Congo language family e meaning that it they are are not closely related to any other language [2]
