Inventing an African Alphabet

Writing, Art, and Kongo Culture in the DRC

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Focusing on the Mandombe alphabet and the life-story of its inventor, David Wabeladio Payi, Ramon Sarró combines biography, art, and religion to explore the connections between religious imagination and innovation in Kongo culture. He offers a unique case study of the search for cultural and epistemological independence in the global south.
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Writer
Sarro, Ramon (University of Oxford)
Title
Inventing an African Alphabet
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
Language
English
Pages
220
EAN
9781009199490
Binding format
Gebonden

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