The Dogon people live in West Africa on the Bandiagara Escarpment, a long cliff running along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Google Dogon "Creation Myth" and you will get 1000s of hits detailing a complex web of history, mythology, fact, and fantasy. Pull a single thread and you will hear one version of the myth. Pull a second and you will hear another, but if you keep pulling a common story will emerge. The Dogon people believe . . .