The Dogon are a tribe living in Mali, West Africa. According to one of their legends a race called the Nommos visited the Earth from the star Sirius thousands of years ago. The Dogon learned from the Nommos that there was a companion star (Sirius B) orbiting the main star.

What did the Dogon tribe know?

No one knows where the Dogon Tribe originated. The Dogon tribe knew about the existence of this invisible star for thousands of years. They also knew that Saturn has four moons, and has rings or halos around it, although these cannot be seen without powerful telescopes.

What happened to the Dogon tribe?

After the French arrived in 1893, slave raids ended, and the Dogon expanded into the plains around the plateau. This migration severed the Dogon from their religious sites, paving the way for Islam and Christianity. In Bandiagara 80 percent of the population is Dogon.

What is the Dogon star?

Sirius, Canis Major’s Alpha star, is one of the brightest stars in night sky; only the Moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars are brighter. Another explanation for the Dogon’s knowledge is that they did indeed have extraordinary eyesight.

What do the dogons believe?

While some villages have adopted Islam or Christianity, a large percentage of Dogon are animists who believe in the importance of a synergy between the spiritual world of gods and ancestors, and the living world of plants, people, and animals.

How far away is Sirius A?

8.611 light years
Sirius/Distance to Earth

How old is Dogon tribe?

For almost 1000 years, the Dogon people, an ancient tribe of Mali had faced religious and ethnic persecution—through jihads by dominant Muslim communities.

What language do Dogon people speak?

Dogon language, language of the Niger-Congo language family spoken by some 600,000 Dogon people in northeastern Mali to the east of Mopti and along the border between Mali and Burkina Faso.

Where do the dogons live?

The Dogon (or Kaador, Kaado) 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 Burkina Faso. The population numbers between 400,000 and 800,000.