In this analysis, we focus on the importance of culture through African languages in the construction of identity and community. Linguistic alienation, the expression of a colonization of the mind.

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A response to the legacy of the imperialist and mining magnate Cecil John Rhodes is being written into the fabric of the refurbished Rhodes House at the University of Oxford in the UK. A statement ...

The underrepresentation of Indigenous African languages online has long been a challenge. In recent years, Africans have taken up the task of bridging this digital divide, recognizing the importance ...

Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa’s most internationally-recognised language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over ...

When Olayami Dabls dreamed of opening the MBAD African Bead Museum, he had no money. What he did have was an idea: to share his knowledge of African heritage with the Detroit community. More than two ...

When I arrived the United States in the beginning of the second half of the 80s, I found myself right in the middle of a ...

The global push to develop artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just about computing power or algorithmic breakthroughs, it’s about who gets to speak and who gets left out in the digital future.

Shortly before his death, The Nation spoke with the Kenyan writer about his most recent essay collection Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas. The novelist, playwright, and essayist ...