August 16, 2011
“Ife researchers unveil local language text-to-voice application,” in Nigerian Bulletin. “To help secure, protect and bring back most of the local languages that are going into extinction.” The software translates texts into voice messages in Nigerian English languages. Would be interesting to see how accurate it is.
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July 22, 2011
A new fundamentalist Islamic group is becoming well known in northern Nigeria. It has a very long official name but locals call it “Boko Haram,” a name which apparently means something on the order of “Western or non-Islamic education is a sin.” It seeks sharia law in northern Nigeria and has been active since 2002, but became well known internationally after violent attacks in 2010 and 2011. Boko Haram rejects virtually everything to do with Western thinking. In addition to attacks on various governmental buildings and people, Boko Haram has bombed beer gardens and on July 10 bombed the All [...]
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