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Film, Video Africa: Writing Beyond Writing

Webinar

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • Africa: Writing Beyond Writing

Summary

  • The continent of Africa has seen astonishing inventions in communication systems using visual symbols. Some of them we recognize as writing. Some show how limited our definition of writing has been. "Endangered Alphabets and Why We Write" is a three-part series cosponsored by the Library with the Endangered Alphabets Project, a U.S.-based non-profit organization that supports endangered, minority and indigenous cultures by preserving their writing systems through original artwork and educational materials. The featured speaker in this lecture series is the project's director Tim Brookes, while Library of Congress librarians also speak briefly in each virtual lecture to introduce relevant materials in Library's collections.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2021-04-07.

Notes

  • -  Group name: Endangered Alphabets and Why We Write. 2
  • -  Lanisa Kitchiner, Tim Brookes, Laverne Page.
  • -  Recorded on 2021-04-07.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697539

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Africa: Writing Beyond Writing. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07, 2021. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024697539/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, S. B. (2021) Africa: Writing Beyond Writing. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024697539/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Africa: Writing Beyond Writing. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07, 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024697539/>.