Our take: In “For Whom and For What Purpose? A Position Paper on Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies,” Frédérick Madore and colleagues critically examine the growing role of artificial intelligence in African Studies. The paper considers how large language models intersect with digital archives, linguistic inequality, data governance, consent, and uneven technological infrastructures. The authors foreground questions of access, representation, and power in knowledge production. Their intervention contributes to ongoing conversations about decolonial digital humanities and responsible AI, asking scholars to consider not only what these technologies can do, but whom they ultimately serve.
Editors’ Choice: For Whom and For What Purpose? A Position Paper on Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies
