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Solomana Kante

1922 - 1987

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Solomana Kanté (also written as Sùlemáana Kántε, Souleymane Kanté or Sulemaana Kantè; N'Ko: ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, 1922 – November 23, 1987) was a Guinean writer, neographer, and educator, best known as the inventor of the N'Ko alphabet for the Manding language varieties of Africa. Kanté created N'Ko, a modern script for, as he saw it, the Manding language in 1949 after five years of experimentation with various writing systems. The script first came into use in Kankan, Guinea and was disseminated from there into other Manding-speaking parts of West Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Solomana Kante is the 4,610th most popular writer (up from 5,199th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Guinea and the most popular Guinean Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Solomana Kante ranks 4,610 out of 7,302. Before him are Tommaso Landolfi, Paruyr Sevak, Per Wästberg, Mervyn Peake, Einar Benediktsson, and Ekaterine Gabashvili. After him are Elin Wägner, Ioannis Chrysafis, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Taranatha, Winston Graham, and Krishan Chander.

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Among people born in 1922, Solomana Kante ranks 285. Before him are John Hick, Ruth Roman, Frances Spence, Natalya Meklin, Gustaf Jansson, and Giuseppe Casari. After him are Aldo Ballarin, Vesna Parun, René Bader, Lukas Foss, José Craveirinha, and Stig Sundqvist. Among people deceased in 1987, Solomana Kante ranks 168. Before him are Petro Grigorenko, Gerhard Fieseler, Ethel Catherwood, František Šafránek, James Jesus Angleton, and Leabua Jonathan. After him are Alf Landon, Franjo Wölfl, Alphonse Alley, Valentín Paz-Andrade, Ajita Wilson, and Hans Gál.

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In Guinea

Among people born in Guinea, Solomana Kante ranks 11 out of 49. Before him are Sundiata Keita (1190), Samori Ture (1830), Mory Kanté (1950), Louis Lansana Beavogui (1923), Nanfadima Magassouba (null), and Moussa Dadis Camara (1964). After him are Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba (1945), Eugène Camara (1942), Jean-Marie Doré (1938), Mohamed Said Fofana (1952), Ahmed Tidiane Souaré (1951), and Kabiné Komara (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Guinea

Among writers born in Guinea, Solomana Kante ranks 1. After him are Tierno Monénembo (1947).

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