Gambia: N’Ko Advocates Call on Africans To Promote Writing in African Languages –

By Haddy Touray

Advocates of the N’Ko alphabet in The Gambia have called on Africans to promote writing in their own languages to preserve knowledge and cultural identity.

They made the appeal on Saturday during a gathering in Brikama, organized to mark decades of literary development linked to the African script.

N’Ko is a 27-letter alphabet created 77 years ago by Guinean scholar Souleymane Kanté. He is credited with authoring nearly 200 books covering literature, Islam, science…