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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 57,939 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Solomana Kante is the 4,564th most popular writer, the 10th most popular biography from Guinea and the most popular Guinean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 58k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Solomana Kante ranks 4,564 out of 5,755. Before him are Tatyana Tolstaya, Arthur Golden, Johann Gottfried Seume, Timothy Zahn, Svatopluk Čech, and Walter Anderson. After him are Brian Lumley, Joe Eszterhas, Michel Déon, Ludwig Thoma, Ndre Mjeda, and Svetlana Velmar-Janković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Solomana Kante ranks 280. Before him are Stanislav Rostotsky, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Lorenzo Antonetti, Nino Bibbia, Damon Knight, and Alfred G. Knudson. After him are Yao Lee, Oscar Pettiford, Lukas Foss, Neal Hefti, Aldo Ballarin, and Vesna Parun. Among people deceased in 1987, Solomana Kante ranks 170. Before him are James Coco, Charles Stark Draper, Igor Ilyinsky, Joseph Höffner, John Mikaelsson, and Igor Newerly. After him are Franjo Wölfl, George Mikes, John Hammond, Alexandru Borbely, František Šafránek, and J. Lawton Collins.

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In Guinea

Among people born in Guinea, Solomana Kante ranks 10 out of 43. 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 Cellou Dalein Diallo (1952), Ibrahima Kassory Fofana (1954), Jean-Marie Doré (1938), Naby Keïta (1995), Sékouba Konaté (1964), and Mohamed Said Fofana (1952).

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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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