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The Database of Medieval Nubian Texts: A Digital Foundation for the Study of Medieval African Literate Culture
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The Database of Medieval Nubian Texts: A Digital Foundation for the Study of Medieval African Literate Culture

Introduction In the middle Nile Valley—the region extending from present-day Aswan in southern Egypt to northern Sudan—Christian Nubian kingdoms flourished…

So MiyagawaMay 15, 2026
Current Trends in Digital Corpora and Manuscript Archives of Classical Ethiopic (Ge’ez)
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Current Trends in Digital Corpora and Manuscript Archives of Classical Ethiopic (Ge’ez)

Classical Ethiopic (Ge’ez: ግዕዝ Gəʽ(ə)z), one of the classical written languages preserved on the African continent, has sustained religious and…

So MiyagawaApril 3, 2026
Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past
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Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past

The Langarchiv project, officially titled “Language as Archive: European Linguistics and the Social History of the Sahara and Sahel in…

Anaïs WionJanuary 27, 2026
The Demotic Palaeographical Database Project: A Digital Repository of Ancient Egyptian Demotic Script and Text Corpora
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The Demotic Palaeographical Database Project: A Digital Repository of Ancient Egyptian Demotic Script and Text Corpora

In my previous discussion, I examined AKU-PAL, the palaeographical database for hieratic script among ancient Egyptian writing systems. This article…

So MiyagawaMay 30, 2025
Ethiopic Miracles: A Database to Link Images and Texts of Marian Miracles
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Ethiopic Miracles: A Database to Link Images and Texts of Marian Miracles

The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean & Egyptian Miracles of Mary Project (PEMM), hosted by Princeton University, aims to bring together the…

Anaïs WionDecember 31, 2024
African Tech Inventions, Inclusive AI and Digital Innovation: A Historical Perspective
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African Tech Inventions, Inclusive AI and Digital Innovation: A Historical Perspective

This is a guest post by Anna Osterlow. See bio at the end of this post. When looking at current scholarly…

The Digital OrientalistOctober 15, 2024
African LanguagesAfrican StudiesDH in GeneralDH in PracticeTheory

Situating Digital Heritage in Africa: An Interview with the DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner, Chao Tayiana Maina (Part 2)

In the previous instalment of this interview, DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner Chao Tayiana Maina discussed how…

The Digital OrientalistDecember 5, 2023
Current approaches on Automatic Recognition of Ethiopic script
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Current approaches on Automatic Recognition of Ethiopic script

The script used by the Christian cultures of Ethiopia is ancient, developing from the Sabaean script in the first centuries…

Anaïs WionOctober 20, 2023
Cocoon: A Platform for Documenting the World’s Languages
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Cocoon: A Platform for Documenting the World’s Languages

Since 2006, the French linguist community has had a tool for depositing the sound sources that document the world’s linguistic…

Anaïs WionMay 12, 2023
Archiving Gǀui, a Kalahari Khoe Language in Southern Africa
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Archiving Gǀui, a Kalahari Khoe Language in Southern Africa

Report of Gǀui Archiving Project By Kanji Kato ROIS-DS Center for Open Data in Humanities/ Tokyo University of Foreign Studies…

So MiyagawaDecember 16, 2022

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