ⴰⵣⵓⵍ, There is no african writing system. Even less so using this alphabet. It would be as ridiculous as claiming the discovery of some unknown Eurasian writi

ⴰⵣⵓⵍ, There is no african writing system. Even less so using this alphabet. It would be as ridiculous as claiming the discovery of some unknown Eurasian writing system, dated some 12 centuries ago. Multiple writing systems were used throughout Africa, some likely totally native to the region , and some being the result of influences of one or many writing system coming from elsewhere. In north Africa alone, Latin, Arabic, and before that some variant of phoenician was commonly used. All three even still used to this day. All used before, during and after the most recent colonies. Those of the French and the British who may have generalised the observations that people didn't seem literate when they got there. Authorities probably thought it would make a good narrative and justify their presence: bringing civilisation to inferior races. It isn't from me, that's exactly what some key figure of the "enlightment" period was claiming. Some moral obligation to colonise. Certainly convenient for some who figured natural resources over there could be quite useful to boost their ambition. Or desires for comfort provided by cheap labour. African regions had numerous writing systems. To find African history, you would get better luck studying oral traditions. If writing systems is your funded research, start with what others had already figured out. It's appalling "research" has fallen that low, this thing was actually funded and the result even published on some .edu domain.