The African Next Voices project has started out with sites in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Iuliia Anisimova/iStock Language is how we interact, ask for help, and hold meaning in community. We use ...

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As the AI revolution transforms the digital world, millions of people on the African continent cannot tap its full promise because the languages they speak aren’t built into the large language models ...

Abraham Adhanom was wrapping up his 14th year of teaching two African language courses when the dean of humanities notified ...

The tech giant Google announced that 15 more African languages would be added to Voice Search, Gboard talk-to-type, and Translate dictation on October 28. The languages included are Chichewa, Hausa, ...

The Prince of Wales has previously said that Africa “has always held a special place in my heart” Simon Perry is a writer and correspondent at PEOPLE. He has more than 25 years’ experience at PEOPLE ...

FORMER Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged African writers to embrace indigenous languages in order to reclaim their history and cultural identity. Mohammed, who is also the ...

In his talk, Prof. Marivate will discuss the crucial role of community building in developing technology for African languages in the age of AI. He will touch upon the unique challenges and ...

The University of Colorado Linguistics Department is seeking speakers of hitherto un-described African languages to participate in research projects whose aim is to produce descriptions of those ...

The sixth edition of The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature, suspended last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is back. Founded in 2014, the prize recognises writing in African ...

William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American ex-slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek ...