Location: West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infections and Pathogens (WACCBIP)
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Schedule

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Day 1: Thursday, June 5

Time Session
8:30–9:00 Sign-in
9:00–9:15 Welcome & Opening Remarks
• Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe (Provost, College of Education, University of Ghana) & Akosua Darkwah (Dean, School of Information and Communication Studies, University of Ghana)
• Glenn Adams & Brian Rosenblum (University of Kansas, USA)
9:15–10:15 Keynote Conversation 1
• Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (Howard University, USA)
• Karen Ijumba (Open Restitution Africa, South Africa)
10:15–11:30 Panel 1: Digitizing Memory and Expanding Access
• Seun Alli (Director, June Creative Art Advisory (JCAA) and Consultant, OlongoAfrica, Nigeria), “Black Orpheus Revisited”
• Boyega Adediran (Archivi.ng, Nigeria), “Digitizing Old Nigerian Newspapers”
• George Gyesaw (Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana), “Beyond MAARA: Implementing a user-driven platform for users”
• Edwina Ashie-Nikoi (University of Ghana), “Archival treasures, digital possibilities: some considerations from and for University of Ghana”
11:30–11:45 Morning Break
11:45–12:45 Panel 2: Reframing Knowledge Through Metadata and Method
• Tinashe Mushakavanhu (Harvard University, USA), “Crowdsourcing a Biography: Speculation, conjecture & the invention of an African digital literary archive”
• Ashley Sanders (Data Scientist, France), “Redressing Colonial Knowledge Systems through Restorative Data Justice”
• Niklas Hållén (Uppsala University and Karlstad University, Sweden), “Informal and formal literary Nairobi: Some thoughts on visualising the emergence of a literary field”
12:45–2:00 Lunch
2:00–3:00 Panel 3: OlongoAfrica / Black Orpheus: Between Continuity and Cultural Amnesia
• Seun Alli (Director, June Creative Art Advisory (JCAA) and Consultant, OlongoAfrica, Nigeria)
• Molará Wood (Editor-in-Chief, Black Orpheus Project, Nigeria)
• Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu (Artist and Illustrator, Nigeria)
• Ebunoluwa Adepoju (Sculptural Maker-Researcher, Nigeria)
3:00–4:15 Panel 4: Francophone Voices & Language Technologies
• Emmanuel Ngue (University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon), “Inclusion and participation in the speech technology industry in under-served African languages”
• Augustin Ndione (Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal), “Preserving and revitalizing indigenous languages with AI and digital technology”
• Grant McNulty (Director, iAfrika Digital, South Africa), “African Languages for Learning, Knowledge Production and Research”
• Brigid Enchill (University of Kansas, USA), “StoryMaps as Pedagogical Tools in French Language Instruction”
4:15–4:30 Wrap up

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Day 2: Friday, June 6

Time Session
8:30–9:00 Sign-in
9:00–10:00 Keynote Conversation 2: Imagining the Future of DH in Africa
• Akosua Darkwah (University of Ghana), “DH in Ghana: Past, Present, and Future”
• Tibebe Beshah (University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), “Digital Humanities In Ethiopia: Where are we? And where are we going?”
10:00–11:15 Panel 5: Algorithms, Ethics, and Epistemologies - AI in an African Frame
• Oluwakorede Ajibona (University of Kansas, USA), “Against Digital Colonialism”
• Oluwaseun Sanwoolu (University of Kansas, USA), “The Ethical Algorithms We Need: Thoughts for a Digital Age”
• Frank Onuh (University of Lethbridge, Canada), “Verificide and Trufacturization: Global Fact-Checking Infrastructures Across the Epistemic Lines”
11:15–11:30 Morning Break
11:30–12:45 Panel 6: Libraries, Partnerships, and Digital Sustainability
• Carol Smith, Brian Rosenblum, & Kodjo Atiso (University of Kansas Libraries, USA), “Collaborating for Impact: Digital Humanities and Global Engagement at KU Libraries”
• Samuel Owusu Ansah & Patience Dzandza Ocloo (University of Ghana), “Sustainable Digital Initiatives in Ghanaian Academic Libraries: Insights from University of Ghana Library Systems”
• Purity Kavuri-Mutuku (Kenya National Library Service), “KNLS Virtual Library: Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries in the AI era”
12:45–2:00 Lunch
2:00–3:15 Panel 7: Global South Perspectives - Digital Humanities Across Continents
• Miriam Peña Pimentel (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
• Gimena del Rio Riande (Conicet-Universidad del Salvador, Argentina)
• Nirmala Menon (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India)
• Alex Gil (Yale University, USA)
• Tunde Ope-Davies (University of Lagos, Nigeria)
3:15–3:45 Closing Reflections: Insights and Directions
In this final session, participants are invited to reflect on key insights, unexpected discoveries, and emergent themes from the symposium. Through brief, voluntary contributions, we aim to synthesize ideas, articulate shared concerns, and consider directions for future collaboration.
3:45–4:00 Closing and Farewell

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