African Alphabets

Africa has fostered the development of numerous writing systems across history, but European colonialism installed Roman script as a near universal while propagating the myth of a continent without letters. What’s the significance of African typography? And what worlds are embedded in the design of alphabetic characters? Charlotte discusses with Saki Mafundikwa, founder and director of the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts and author of Afrikan Alphabets: The Story of Writing in Afrika.

Music in this episode from RYYZN and Chistoffer Moe Ditlevsen