Made in Latin America

Meet the people behind the Tonindeye codex and their descendants. Many projects in this season are led by these Indigenous researchers. * Find the app mentioned in this episode at tinyurl.com/codicesmixtecosapp

Written in pictographs, not alphabetic or syllabic writing. Who can read the codex and what does it say?

The Tonindeye codex is 500 years old and one of the few surviving pre-Columbian pictorial manuscripts in Latin America. Why is it so fascinating and what stories does it tell? * Find images of the Tonindeye codex here tinyurl.com/MadeInLatinAmerica

This season explores the Tonindeye codex, one of the few surviving pre-Hispanic pictorial manuscripts, made more than 500 years ago in the Mixtec region in Mexico. In which language is it written? Why is its blue colour so unique? What stories does it tell?