The Kogi people are descendants of the Tairona culture, which flourished before the times of the Spanish conquest.
The Kogi language belongs to the Chibchan family. Kogi woman and child on one of the terraces at Ciudad Perdida, Colombia (2017) Kogi mamo at Ciudad Perdida, Colombia (2017) Kogi man on one of the terraces at Ciudad Perdida, Colombia (2017) Language Their culture has continued since the Pre-Columbian era.
The Kogi ( / ˈ k oʊ ɡ i/ KOH-gee), or Cogui, or Kágaba, meaning ' jaguar' in the Kogi language, are an indigenous group that resides in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in northern Colombia.