Inventing an African Alphabet
Title | Inventing an African Alphabet PDF eBook |
Author | Ramon Sarró |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 219 |
Release | 2023-02-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1009199455 |
In 1978, Congolese inventor David Wabeladio Payi (1958–2013) proposed a new writing system, called Mandombe. Since then, Mandombe has grown and now has thousands of learners in not only the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also France, Angola and many other countries. Drawing upon Ramon Sarró's personal friendship with Wabeladio, this book tells the story of Wabeladio, his alphabet and the creativity that both continue to inspire. A member of the Kimbanguist church, which began as an anticolonial movement in 1921, Wabeladio and his script were deeply influenced by spirituality and Kongo culture. Combining biography, art, and religion, Sarró explores a range of ideas, from the role of pilgrimage and landscape in Wabeladio's life, to the intricacies and logic of Mandombe. Sarró situates the creative individual within a rich context of anthropological, historical and philosophical scholarship, offering a new perspective on the relationships between imagination, innovation and revelation.
Report of the Commissioner of Education
Title | Report of the Commissioner of Education PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 662 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Report of the Federal Security Agency
Title | Report of the Federal Security Agency PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of Education |
Publisher | |
Pages | 642 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | |
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Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers
Title | Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of Education |
Publisher | |
Pages | 650 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
House documents
Title | House documents PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 660 |
Release | 1891 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Incorporated Linguist
Title | The Incorporated Linguist PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Linguists |
ISBN |
La collaboration dans la production de l'écrit médiéval
Title | La collaboration dans la production de l'écrit médiéval PDF eBook |
Author | Comité international de paléographie latine. Coloquio |
Publisher | Librairie Droz |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9782900791592 |
Au-dela de l'image traditionnelle du copiste isole dans sa chaire solennelle, la production de l'ecrit au Moyen Age a connu des formes multiples de travail en commun dont la reconstitution n'est possible qu'en faisant parler les indices les plus tenus fournis par le produit fini, livre ou charte. Les communautes universitaires, qui supplantent les scriptoria et elargissent les milieux de la fabrication du livre, art complexe, d'abord visuel et manuel, creent de nouvelles procedures (dont le systeme de textes de reference loues "a la piece" pour servir a la copie simultanee d'exemplaires multiples); la multiplicite des competences necessaires entraine une specialisation des taches - le cas ou le meme homme peut cumuler les fonctions d'auteur, de copiste et d'enlumineur se fait de plus en plus rare; les chancelleries s'etoffent et s'autonomisent, assurant leur propre production. La collaboration dans la production de l'ecrit medieval, grace a de minutieuses enquetes codicologique, paleographique et philologique, observe dans les ateliers commerciaux de librairie de la fin du Moyen Age une specialisation qui annonce les procedures rationalises qui seront celles des premiers typographes."