Solomana Kante

Solomana Kanté (also written as Sùlemáana Kántε,^[1] Souleymane Kanté or Sulemaana Kantè; N'Ko: ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, 1922 – November 23, 1987) was a Guinean writer, neographer, and educator,^[2] best known as the inventor of the N'Ko alphabet for the Manding language varieties of Africa.

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Kanté created N'Ko, a modern script for, as he saw it,^[3] the Manding language in 1949 after five years of experimentation with various writing systems.^[1] The script first came into use in Kankan, Guinea and was disseminated from there into other Manding-speaking parts of West Africa.

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