African languages for AI: the project that’s gathering a huge new dataset

When a language isn’t in the data, its speakers aren’t in the product – and AI cannot be safe, useful, or fair for them.
JSTOR Daily

The African Writer as Translator: Writing African Languages through French

Vol. 16, No. 2, Special Issue Focusing on the Media in and about Africa (Dec., 2003), pp. 143-159 (17 pages) Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. The relationship between the African writer and the ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Last fluent speaker on a quest to keep ancient S.African language alive

In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two ...
NPR

A new dictionary will document the lexicon of African American English

Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used, and now a new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.
Newsweek

Archaeologists Find Artifacts of Oldest Written Black African Language and Rare Ancient Art Depicting Egyptian Goddesses With Black African Features

An ongoing archaeological dig in Sudan has unearthed fascinating Nubian artifacts from sub-Saharan empires where women held power and prestige. The artifacts also contain remnants of the ...
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Africa’s multilingual small language model goes smaller

Africa’s first multilingual Small Language Model (SLM), InkubaLM, has achieved a 75% reduction in size, without losing performance, thanks to African AI talent. The milestone marks a leap forward in ...
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African Islanders Give Me Free Stuff When I Speak Their Rare Language

A creole language forms when two different languages mix into a new language, like Haitian Creole which is a mixture of French and West African languages, and Jamaican Patois, a mix of English and ...