Inventing an African Alphabet: Writing, Art, and Kongo Culture in the DRC - The International African Library - Sarro, Ramon (University of Oxford) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9781009199490 - February 23, 2023
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Inventing an African Alphabet: Writing, Art, and Kongo Culture in the DRC - The International African Library

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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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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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