Ghanaian digital activist pushes for more online visibility for the Dagbani language

Ghanian digital activist, Sadik Shahadu. Photo provided by Sadik Shahadu and used with permission. Editor’s note: From April 6-13, 2021, Sadik Shahadu will be hosting the @DigiAfricanLang rotating Twitter account which explores the ways in which technology can be used to revitalize African languages. In early 2021, over 4,000 Dagbani words were recorded and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as part of a campaign to raise the visibility of the language. Mole-Dagbani languages are a group of languages spoken across West Africa that includes the Dagbani language spoken by approximately three million …

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