Resourceful and itinerant, the hobos developed a secret language system, doomed to disappear, to leave clues for their fellow hobos.

The first writings were drawings, and universal languages have always used images to communicate.

Imagine a silent language, without letters or words, for non-humans. In front of your eyes, the yerkish, a language for communicating with monkeys, takes shape.

Bizarre as well as strange, the Unicode language aims to collect and preserve writings… by standardizing them.

Graphic design in Africa. From the first alphabets to contemporary issues.


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