Zambia’s lost language invented by women but almost killed by colonialism

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Women’s History Museum Zambia Samba Yonga from Women's History Museum of Zambia holds up a frame over her face showing a photograph of a sacred mask with Sona symbols etched on to its surface, each telling stories of women's significance, wisdom, and the vital knowledge they carried. — This sacred mask is etched with symbols of Sona, a sophisticated and now rarely used writing system

A wooden hunters’ toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social…

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