Inventing an African Alphabet

By Ramon Sarro

Book Overview

Focusing on the Mandombe alphabet and the life-story of its inventor, David Wabeladio Payi, Ramon Sarr 3 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 100919948X
• ISBN13: 9781009199483
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"