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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Son of Ra: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by typeZeiss: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Son of Ra: [qb] 03:14 into the video and its damn interesting! He talks about the many writing scripts and them being used by secret society. He talks about the Nsibidi script. I thought it was a recent script created in the 19th century, but I did research and found that its origin is unknown and that it is centuries old... Does anyone know the origins of it? [/qb][/QUOTE]That is the "problem" with trying to track the history of African scripts. Most if not all are associated with secret societies. My family is from Southern Sierra Leone where Poro society is strong and there is a script there. This seems to be a African tradition of having scripts in the societies. Herodotus made the claim that the Egyptians had a Hidden script only known by the priest and another for the general public. [/qb][/QUOTE]Why are the scripts only confined to secret societies? Also what can you tell me about the Bassa script? There are claims that say its as old Hannibal/Carthage. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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