World literature

Photos and translations: The unique semi-pictographic dongba script of China’s Naxi people

This script can probably be dated to 13th century and is often touted as the world’s last living pictographic script, although that is not entirely accurate.

Duncan Poupard
· Jan 10, 2018 · 09:30 pm
New African literature is disrupting the standard lists of Western publishers (making readers happy)

African writing ends up volleyed between two default poles of ‘corporate global’ and ‘activist local’.

Jeanne-Marie Jackson, The Conversation
· Oct 12, 2017 · 05:30 pm
Photos: Chinese and Islamic influences come together in the Qurans printed in China

With Muslim traders working in the Asian country, an Islamic community is said to have been established there in centuries past.

Colin F Baker
&
Ursula Sims-Williams
· Aug 18, 2017 · 09:30 pm

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