"In my village half the people are christians,the other half are muslim and everybody is animist" says a Dogon priest.
In Mali,intercourse between the three faiths is nowhere more obvious than in the Dogan country.Christians-barely 3% of a 9 millions predominantly muslim population-are very active and highly visible: they are opening new churches; in some villages catholic missions are the only one to provide basic services. Dogons were a tribe which refused Islam and took refuge in the cliffs of central Mali.Slowly evangelised and islamicised,they have jealously kept their original culture.

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