Afrikan alphabets : the story of writing in Afrika /
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| Author / Creator: | Mafundikwa, Saki. |
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| Edition: | 1st pbk. ed. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Mark Batty Publisher, ©2007. |
| Description: | xix, 169 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7128754 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Author's Introduction
- My Journey
- Roots of Afrikan Alphabets
- Pictographs and Symbols
- Rock Art of the San People
- Mnemonic Devices
- Knotted Strings: Aroko of the Yoruba
- Tally Sticks: The Ishango Bone
- Akan Symbol Systems
- Akan Gold Weights
- Adinkra Symbols
- Bantu Symbol Writing
- Ndebele Painters
- Tifinagh Alphabet of the Tuareg
- Historical Afrikan Alphabets
- Ethiopic
- The Mande Syllabaries
- Vai
- Mende (Ki Ka Ku)
- Bambara (Ma Sa Ba)
- Loma
- Kpelle
- Shu-mom: The Bamum Syllabary
- Nsibidi
- Alphabets of the Diaspora
- Anaforuana
- Djuka
- Bassa Vah Script
- Contemporary Afrikan Alphabets
- Somali Script
- New West African Writing Systems
- Wolof
- Manenka N'Ko
- Fula
- Fula Dita
- Bete Script
- Gola
- Ziva Students
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Annotated Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
