Pasch Helma Mandombe, one of the most recent modern African scripts, was originally designed to write the Bantu languages of the Congos, and eventually all languages on the continent. Its symbols are made of simple and composite geometrical forms which predate the script. It is apparently the only African script which has gained some social success without any political support. 5000 Jahre Schrift Congo Kongo Mandombe script symbols 390 490 periodical academic journal 2010 1 2010 1860-7462 urn:nbn:de:0009-10-27241 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0009-10-27241 pasch2010