Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The governing African National Congress (ANC) held a rally in Sharpeville ...
An American woman's adorable video learning Afrikaans sayings from her South African husband has gone viral, showcasing their ...
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.
In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two ...
Servaas van der Berg receives funding from the Millennium Trust, the National Research Foundation, the Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies and the MS Dell Foundation. Chris van Wyk receives funding from ...
TWO AND a half millennia ago the San had southern Africa to themselves, living lightly on the land as hunter-gatherers. Then came the Khoekhoen from the north-east to wrest some of the San’s hunting ...
Although Africa is home to a huge proportion of the world's languages – well over a quarter according to some estimates - many are missing when it comes to the development of artificial intelligence ...