Why West Africa keeps inventing writing systems

These dozens of modern African scripts are adding a brand new chapter to the history of writing! Subscribe for more: Become my patron: ~ Briefly ~ Meet Adlam, N’ko, Vai and over twenty more scripts that capture West African linguistic features and give new visual representation to native West African tongues. Topics covered: - backstories of Adlam and N’ko - list of many other scripts - examples of African scripts beyond West Africa - prenasalized stops like ᵐb - labiovelars like g͡b - vowel length in Fula - length and tone in N’ko - nasalization as an areal feature - older visual codes like N’sibidi and Adinkra - sociolinguistics of script creation See the sources doc below for much more information. ~ Credits ~ Art, narration, animation and four pieces of music by Josh from NativLang Sources for claims made, plus credits for music, fonts, sfx: ~ Music ~ Please see my doc above for full credits. Public domain credits: Teko, song of nostalgia, traditional music of Burkina Faso, Tuasgo & Gouama accompanied by Kondé: :/12148/bpt6k10801793/ Creative Commons credits: Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod Link: License: Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod Link: License: Kumasi Groove by Kevin MacLeod Link: License: Silver Flame by Kevin MacLeod Link: License: Infados by Kevin MacLeod Link: License: