WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Solomana Kante has received more than 64,105 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Solomana Kante is the 5,199th most popular writer (down from 4,549th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Guinea (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Guinean Writer.

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  • 64k

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  • 46.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Solomana Kante ranks 5,199 out of 7,302. Before him are Philip Agee, Donald Rayfield, John Farey Sr., Gesualdo Bufalino, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, and Rita Mae Brown. After him are Clara Reeve, Christian Matras, Sam Lake, Lester del Rey, David McKee, and Miklós Jósika.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Solomana Kante ranks 322. Before him are Coleen Gray, Roger Gautier, Gustav Freij, Warwick Estevam Kerr, Per Olof Sundman, and Olga Guillot. After him are María Luisa Bemberg, Roscoe Lee Browne, Musa Gareyev, Jacques Lataste, Ilmar Kullam, and Stoyanka Mutafova. Among people deceased in 1987, Solomana Kante ranks 197. Before him are Óscar Bonfiglio, Metaksia Simonyan, Richard Egan, Hannelore Schroth, William J. Casey, and John Qualen. After him are Milorad Arsenijević, Oscar Casanovas, Musa Gareyev, Julien Darui, Heðin Brú, and Abu Sayeed Chowdhury.

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In Guinea

Among people born in Guinea, Solomana Kante ranks 11 out of 49. Before him are Robert Sarah (1945), Samori Ture (1830), Mory Kanté (1950), Louis Lansana Beavogui (1923), Moussa Dadis Camara (1964), and Nanfadima Magassouba (null). After him are Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932), Mamady Doumbouya (1980), Cellou Dalein Diallo (1952), Jean-Marie Doré (1938), Naby Keïta (1995), 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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