Bruly Bouabré's Alphabet
Ivory Coast artist Bruly Bouabré created hundreds of pictograms based on one-syllable words
The story of Ivory Coast artist, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, who created four hundred pictograms, based on one-syllable words in his language, Bété, to help people in the Bété community learn to read more quickly.
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