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Title:The West African autochthonous alphabets: an exercise in comparative palaeography
Author:Kotei, S.I.A.
Year:1972
Periodical:Ghana Social Science Journal
Volume:2
Issue:1
Pages:98-110
Language:English
Geographic term:West Africa
Subject:writing systems
Abstract:Introduction - The Vai syllabary - The Nsibidi ideograph - The Bamoun alphabet - Proto-literacy in West Africa - Why the West African alphabets did not survive - Natural causes - Human factors - The colonial factor. Ref.