Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Missing link in alphabet development

Why El Anatsui?

On Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 18:42 'Biko Agozino' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:

They have broken the pot of wisdom, El Anatsui.

'The writing uses an early version of the alphabet in which letters bear a resemblance to the Egyptian hieroglyphs they evolved from.

Egyptian Hieroglyphs The Egyptian hieroglyphic script was one of the writing systems used by ancient Egyptians to represent their lan...

Biko

On Saturday, 12 February 2022, 11:37:06 GMT-5, 'Emeagwali, Gloria (History)' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pottery-shard-may-be-missing-link-alphabets-development-180977527/

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
africahistory.net; vimeo.com/ gloriaemeagwali
Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Research
Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award
New York African Studies Association

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