An Africa-led digital humanities ecosystem

Building African scholarship in the digital age

The African DH Lab brings together scholars, technologists and institutions to teach digital-humanities tools, publish open research, and grow a continental community of practice — from manuscript to publisher, and from workshop to showcase.

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What we do

Four ways the Lab supports African DH

A connected platform for events, editorial publishing and community writing — built around open tools like Voyant and Spyral.

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Editorial & publishing

From manuscript to publisher-ready — peer review, Chicago-style editing, replication bundles and open-access publishing.

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Events & training

Hackathons, workshops and editorial sprints delivered live on Zoom, with certificates and recordings.

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Blog & insights

Stories, essays and field notes from the African DH community — from quick dispatches to long-form research write-ups.

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Learn on CourseHub

Structured learning now lives on CourseHub — corpus building, Voyant, Spyral and reproducible research, self-paced and mentored.

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Featured · Edited volume 2026

Exploring African Digital Humanities Using Voyant Tools

Corpora, methods, and classroom practice — peer-reviewed chapters spanning literary, legal and cultural corpora, tracked from manuscript to publisher-ready for the open-access 2026 edition.

Edited by Augustine A. Farinola, Geoffrey Rockwell, Patience Emefa Dzandza Ocloo, Ozioma Okey-Kalu, Reggemore Marongedze, Yohanna Woliya, Abel Ochika, and Joseph Kunnuji · University of Alberta · 2026

Peer-reviewed chapters

Editors

2026

Open-access edition

View the editorial pipeline ↓ Symposium monograph (PDF)

01 A Critical Exploration of Climate Change-Related Speeches: Decline in Discourse on Climate Change Revising

02 Evaluating Child-Voice Fidelity in two Alain Mabanckou's Novels Using Voyant Tools and Spyral Revising

03 That We May Know More: the Intersection of Digital Humanities and Traditional Yorùbá Court Poetry Revising

04 Influencing Minds: The Role of Algorithms in Shaping Information Behaviour Revising

+ 4 more chapters in review

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The ADH 2026 Digital Humanities Hackathon

A six-week, live Zoom-based capacity-building programme supported by CourseHub. Move from project framing to a finished mini-project — Voyant and Spyral with LLMs, Communalytic for social media data, and responsible AI — closing with a showcase and certification.

✓Six weeks · live on Zoom · August 2026

✓Weekday evenings, 6:00–8:00 pm London time

✓CourseHub-supported materials, tasks and recordings

✓Mentored mini-project, final showcase and certificates

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Six-week programme

Opening & intro to African DH

Developing DH projects from African data

Voyant & Spyral tools using LLM

Communalytic for social media analysis

AI literacy & research ethics

Project clinic & final showcase

Our mission

A platform and framework for teaching digital-humanities tools across Africa

We build an Africa-led ecosystem — defining what African Digital Humanities means, localising tools for African languages and datasets, and connecting technical experts with humanities scholars across the continent.

Integrate DH tools and resources for African analysis and research.

Define what African Digital Humanities means for scholars and practitioners.

Provide training, workshops and certification to build capacity.

Connect technical experts with humanities scholars across Africa.

Localise DH tools for African languages and datasets.

Collaborate formally with the Voyant Consortium in Canada.

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Upcoming events

Join upcoming African Digital Humanities gatherings, lectures, and conversations.

Upcoming

The ADH 2026 Digital Humanities Hackathon

Aug 03, 2026

Community voices

From scholars across the continent

AfroDH opened my eyes to a wealth of resources I never knew existed.

Amina Bello

Historian, Nigeria

The trainings are top-notch and genuinely engaging — I built my first corpus in a week.

Kwame Asante

Researcher, Ghana

A must-visit hub for anyone working in African digital humanities.

Zuri Ndlovu

Archivist, South Africa

In collaboration with

VC Voyant Consortium (Canada)

UA University of Alberta

CO CourseHub

SP Spyral Project

Building African scholarship in the digital age

Four ways the Lab supports African DH

Editorial & publishing

Events & training

Blog & insights

Learn on CourseHub

Exploring African Digital Humanities Using Voyant Tools

The ADH 2026 Digital Humanities Hackathon

A platform and framework for teaching digital-humanities tools across Africa

Upcoming events

The ADH 2026 Digital Humanities Hackathon

The 2025 ADH Hackathon cohort

From scholars across the continent

Join the African Digital Humanities community