Kanté, Souleymane, 1922-1987
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Variants
- Kantè Sulemaana, 1922-1987
- Sulemaana, Kantè, 1922-1987
- Kantè, Sulemaana, 1922-1987
- Kanté, Solomana, 1922-1987
- Kanté, Soulemana, 1922-1987
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1922
Death Date
- 1987
Associated Locale
- Kankan (Guinea)
Associated Language
- Mandingo
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Mandingo language--Writing
(lcsh) Mandekan languages--Writing
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Kantè Sulemaana, 1922-1987
Sources
- found: His Nko, 1992:t.p., transcribed from Nko alphabet (Kante̳ Sulemaana)
- found: D. Oyler, For those who say N'ko [thesis], 1995:p. 158 (Souleymane Kanté, died 1987) passim (born 1922)
- found: D. Dalby, Further indigenous scripts, in African language studies, v. 10 (1969):p. 162 (Souleymane Kantè of Kankan)
- found: Oyler, D. The history of the N'ko alphabet and its role in Mandé transnational identity, 2003:CIP foreword, etc. (Souleymane Kantè)
- found: Email from Carolyn C. Williams, Africana Homestead Legacy, publisher of Oyler's The history of the N'ko alphabet ... 2003, 6/3/03:(per Dr. Oyler, although he had an Islamic name, Kantè did not practice Islam. His living descendants and countrymen in Guinea spell his name and the family name as Souleymane Kantè, not in the Arabic transliteration Sulemaana. Academic scholars of N'ko worldwide will perform key word searches on the name Souleymane Kantè.)
- found: Dictionnaire bilingue Solomana Kanté, 2012:title page (Solomana KANTE, inventeur de l'Alphabet N'ko; Soulemana KANTE)
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Change Notes
- 1995-12-22: new
- 2021-12-15: revised
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