African stories and languages could unlock billions for the continent's publishing industry if governments back local writers, a Unesco report has found. Africa's book market, now worth $7 billion, ...

Africa is home to an astonishingly diverse array of languages, each reflecting the continent's rich cultural and historical fabric. At first glance, the map of Africa’s many languages may seem ...

The first World Kiswahili Language Day was celebrated in 2022. On the occasion of World Kiswahili Language Day at UNESCO, the ...

The death of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in May 2025 raises the question of his influence in French-speaking Africa: how ...

Over 2,000 languages originate in Africa, but natural language processing programs support very few of them. Advocates hope to change that.

On the occasion of World Kiswahili Language Day at UNESCO, the Permanent Delegations of East African Member States to UNESCO, ...

As the AI revolution transforms the digital world, millions of people on the African continent cannot tap its full promise because the languages they speak aren’t built into the large language models ...

While delivering remarks at the Earthshot Prize Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Prince William spoke nine African languages as a sign of respect to a continent he has previously said “has always ...

Ngũgĩ would be remembered as a “passionate believer of the central phrase of African languages in literature,” Soyinka told The Associated Press. “He believed that the literature needs to be as much ...