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Article: Drawing tradition: Dogon children's art in the age of tourism.
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- African Arts
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
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On my first visit to the Dogon, in 1990, when I arrived at Sangha, Mali, as a lecturer with a museum tour group, I was told there would be a film showing that evening. (1) Few of the tourists were interested in attending, as this was not on their program, but I was curious. There is no movie theater in Sangha, and I couldn't imagine what film this would be or where it could be screened. As the hour approached, I was directed down the hill to an open field. There I found a large group of men, women, and children of all ages watching Sigui, the series of films on the Dogon ceremony of the same name, made by Jean Rouch three decades before. (2) The images were projected on a ...