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i think its rated because -aside from racist colonial anthropology- it was the only script truly independently invented in west-africa <the bamum script's is still ambiguous> but most of the world's commonly used scripts of the mediterranean aside from egyptian and sumerian 1/3
hieroglyphs were not independently invented either so it was simply holding african written history to a standard others weren't but the real handicap to the latter wasn't invention but innovation, african writing systems weren't dispersed and innovated <improved upon>
as those on the eurasian continent
the obstacle in compiling its written history is -counter intuitively- its diversity
this challenge carries on to agriculture, complex societies and metallurgy all of which have since been proven of their independent innovation on the continent
the obstacle in compiling its written history is -counter intuitively- its diversity
this challenge carries on to agriculture, complex societies and metallurgy all of which have since been proven of their independent innovation on the continent
