I also wonder how much of Africa even has written languages. A civilization without a written language is basically aboriginal, no matter how much that important fact is masked by the modern amenities that were brought by colonial powers.
>I also wonder how much of Africa even has written languages. A civilization without a written language is basically aboriginal, no matter how much that important fact is masked by the modern amenities that were brought by colonial powers.
Written language is a later development than civilization and most civilizations adopted writing from other near by civilizations that developed it first. The hall mark of an uncivilized people is the lack of cities with Stone or Brick buildings. Africa reached larger mud hut type buildings(not brick) before Europeans showed up.