The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons

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The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons

The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons

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In her seminal work Dianne White Oyler discusses the creation of the N'ko alphabet, based on the Maninka language, by Souleymane Kante (1922-1987) in 1949 in Haute Guinee (Guinea). She carefully documents N'ko's dissemination by a grassroots literacy campaign that started with Kante and continues to the present. Her analysis shows the importance of language in transnational identity and the cultural nationalism of Mande-speaking people in West Africa. Oyler also discusses Kante's and Nko's relationship to Pan-Africanism.

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