But tourism also has eroded Dogon culture. Streets that were empty years ago, by Salif’s account, now are lined with souvenir stalls where men tout beaded necklaces and wooden masks. Savvy ...

Much of Dogon country has returned to its way of life before the tourism boom. A traditionally agricultural society, crops of onion are grown on every surface of land low enough to water.

Jeanne Haffner discusses a bird's-eye photograph of the Dogon tribe working their fields in Mali, explaining how aerial photography changed the spaces we live in. Show more The Dogon. Jeanne ...