The alphabet as ideographic art.(Afrikan Alphabets: The Story of Writing in Afrika)(Book Review)

Black Issues Book Review | November 1, 2004| | Copyright

Afrikan Alphabets: The Story of Writing in Afrika by Saki Mafundikwa Mark Batty Publisher, May 2004 $34.95, ISBN 0-972-42406-7

Although the alphabet as we know it today was first scribbled down during the Middle Ages (the earliest known alphabet dates back to 1700 B.C.), Saki Mafundikwa believes there is yet room for another. His own artistic sensibilities propelled him into this realm of thought. As a graphic designer, typographer and teacher, Mafundikwa says that the "the letters and symbols we write with are extremely important to a visual communicator like me."

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