oai:sil.org:54804
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OLAC Record oai:sil.org:54804 |
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| Title: | The discovery of the raampa pictographic writing in the Senegambia, West Africa | |
| Contributor (author): | Maranz, David | |
| Date (W3CDTF): | 2013 | |
| Description: | The author became interested in pictographic markings that he learned of in a book by a Malian author, Hampâté Bâ. To his surprise, the people he was working with, the Saafi-Saafi of Senegal, were also familiar with this form of communication which they called "raampa." Only a few older initiated men knew the secret codes associated with the marks, but one was willing to discuss them, since they were in danger of passing out of knowledge. Eventually, the author and his research assistant catalogued over 400 marks from many different sub-Saharan cultures. The fourteen markings referred to in the Malian book most resembled the ancient script called late Phoenician Linear A. The author traces the probable route by which this Phoenician alphabet made its way to Senegal via ancient Carthage. Raampa is used for marking animals (like branding cattle), for magic and healing, and for various secret communications. The author hopes others will continue the study of raampa. | |
| Description (URI): | http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/54804 | |
| Identifier (URI): | http://phoenicia.org/Discovery_Raampa_Pictography_Senegambia.html | |
| Language: | English | |
| Language (ISO639): | eng | |
| Publisher: | http://phoenicia.org | |
| Spatial Coverage (ISO3166): | DE | |
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| Subject: | Pulaar language | |
| Pular language | ||
| Hassaniyya language | ||
| Mandinka language | ||
| Saafi-Saafi language | ||
| Serer language | ||
| Writing systems; Pictographs; Raampa; Secret codes; Phoenician Linear A alphabet | ||
| Subject (ISO639): | fuc | |
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| mey | ||
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| Type (DCMI): | Text | |
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| Archive: | SIL Language and Culture Archives | |
| Description: | http://www.language-archives.org/archive/sil.org | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for OLAC format | |
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| OaiIdentifier: | oai:sil.org:54804 | |
| DateStamp: | 2013-04-27 | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
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| Citation: | Maranz, David. 2013. http://phoenicia.org. | |
| Terms: | area_Africa area_Europe country_GB country_GN country_MR country_SN dcmi_StillImage dcmi_Text iso639_eng iso639_fuc iso639_fuf iso639_mey iso639_mnk iso639_sav iso639_srr | |
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| Country: | GuineaMauritaniaSenegal | |
| Area: | Africa | |