Tag: African
Google launches WAXAL: A new era for African AI sovereignty
If you speak to an artificial-intelligence bot in an African language, it will most likely not understand you. If...
A Lyrical South African Portrait
On a faintly misty morning in South Africa’s Kamiesberg mountain region, 79-year-old goatherd Hettie (Hettie Farmer) watches her flock...
Dozens of Items That Once Belonged to Nelson Mandela Can Head to Auction, South African Court Rules
The collection includes shirts, sunglasses, a signed copy of South Africa's first post-apartheid constitution and a prison key from...
This Groundbreaking New Showcase of Nearly 60 Works Is the Biggest-Ever Exhibition of LGBTQ+ African Art
One of its co-curators wants historians to expand on the display and “write a proper history” of this artistry
Tony-Winning ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ Unveils Cast for U.K. Bow
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has unveiled the complete ensemble for the U.K. premiere of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” the Tony...
Lessons in pluralism from a 17th-century African town
Sometimes, little-known historical characters from long ago can give us a new window both into their times and into...
Qatar Museums, Not a Foreign Nation, Sought South African Pavilion Art
Yet more details have emerged surrounding the abrupt cancelation of Gabrielle Goliath‘s planned Venice Biennale pavilion for South Africa,...
The South African Pavilion Is Betraying Its Own History
Genocide wants no witness. Genocide wants to...
Craig, the Photographer-Favorite ‘Super Tusker’ African Elephant, Has Passed Away
Craig, widely considered one of the most photographed elephants in the world,...