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Inventing an African Alphabet: Writing, Art, and Kongo Culture in the DRC - The International African Library Sarro, Ramon (University of Oxford)
Inventing an African Alphabet: Writing, Art, and Kongo Culture in the DRC - The International African Library
Sarro, Ramon (University of Oxford)
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.
332 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 23, 2023 |
| ISBN13 | 9781009199490 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 220 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 237 × 19 mm · 460 g |
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