the Dogon 'they knew about Sirius B' thing — heard it from an uncle, then read the cold version

Grew up hearing a softer version of this from an uncle who travelled in Mali. The Dogon people, down near the cliffs south of Timbuktu, have these secret traditions about Sirius having a tiny invisible companion star with a ~50 year orbit, and that long ago amphibious beings called the Nommo came do……