Afrikan alphabets : the story of writing in Afrika

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Author:

Mafundikwa, Saki.

ISBN:

9780972424066

Personal Author:

Mafundikwa, Saki.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

184 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Contents:

My journey -- Roots of Afrikan alphabets -- Historical Afrikan alphabets -- Alphabets of the diaspora -- Contemporary Afrikan alphabets -- Conclusion.

Subject Term:

African languages -- Alphabet.

African languages -- Alphabet -- History.

Writing -- Africa.

Writing -- Africa -- History.

Alphabets.

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Afrikan alphabets have a long history, fantastic variety, and some continue to be in current use today. They are comparatively little known due largely to their suppression by colonial powers. This book sets the record straight. An entertaining and anecdotal text explains the wealth of highly graphical and attractive illustrations. Writing systems across the Afrikan continent are reviewed, compared and contrasted.

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