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Amazon’s planned HQ would defile Khoi and San people’s sacred land

Kylie Kiunguyu — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:47:09 +0000

American multinational technology company, Amazon, had started construction of its $300 million Africa headquarters before a court ruled to pause it. The court stated that the matter ultimately concerns the rights of indigenous peoples who find the project ‘egregious and obscene’.

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Facebook to add 10 more African languages for third-party fact-checking program

Kylie Kiunguyu — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:36:28 +0000

According to a joint statement by Africa Check and Facebook, the number of languages covered by the social media platforms fact-checking effort will expand by 10 in an effort to monitor the accuracy of news shared on Facebook and curb fake news

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Five ways indigenous languages can be championed for learners

The Conversation — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:36:46 +0000

The International Year of Indigenous Languages serves as a good impetus to start implementing policies that prioritises Africa's own languages.

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Indigenous South African Languages: The time is now

Khanyo Olwethu Mjamba — Thu, 21 May 2015 05:00:00 +0000

As the world today observes World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, 'cultural diversity' of language in a country like South Africa is becoming more and more meaningless

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Decolonising the mind: The misunderstanding of traditional African beliefs

Cosmic Yoruba — Tue, 06 May 2014 12:31:59 +0000

There are few religions as globally misunderstood as African traditional religions. Whether it is being wrongly labelled voodoo, juju or witchcraft, indigenous African faith systems tend to be associated with darkness, animal and human sacrifices, violence and general backwardness

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