The Garay alphabet, created by Assane Faye to write the Wolof language, which is the most widely spoken languages of Senegal, and also spoken in the Gambia and Mauritania, is one of many African writing systems invented as a response to colonialism. In 1961, on the first anniversary of Senegal’s independence from France, the president, … Continue reading Garay
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The Garay alphabet, created by Assane Faye to write the Wolof language, which is the most widely spoken languages of Senegal, and also spoken in the Gambia and Mauritania, is one of many African writing systems invented as a response to colonialism. In 1961, on the first anniversary of Senegal’s independence from France, the president, … Continue reading Garay