I have family who are Vai, a tribe from Liberia/Sierra Leone. The Vai language has a syllabary, one of the few independent written languages in Africa. As it sa

I have family who are Vai, a tribe from Liberia/Sierra Leone. The Vai language has a syllabary, one of the few independent written languages in Africa. As it says in the article, there is a possible connection with the Cherokee syllabary. When free African-Americans got the option to settle in Liberia some Cherokee opted to join, apparently not seeing a future in their colonized homeland.