African Scripts: A Lesson on Communication
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Hi people! We're finally back with a full episode. Listen to us discuss writing and ideographic scripts from the Continent including Nsibidi of West Africa, Ge'ez of East Africa and Tifinagh of North Africa. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Africas_UntoldS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/africasuntoldstories/ Outro music provided by DCQ BEATZ: https://player.beatstars.com/?storeId=97074&trackId=2559403 REFERENCES: 1. Kasper Juffermans, Yonas Mesfun Asfaha, Ashraf Abdelhay (eds.) - African Literacies_ Ideologies, Scripts, Education (2014, Cambridge Scholars Publishing) 2. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland No. 1/2 (Apr., 1951), pp. 26-32 (8 pages) 3. A History of African Societies to 1870 (1997, Cambridge University Press) 4. The History of Africa_ The Quest for Eternal Harmony (2019, Routledge) 5. The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology 6. Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past 7. The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/africas-untold-stories/message
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