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Writing the Arts & Humanities in Africa examines emerging issues in the arts, humanities and technology, giving voice to research carried out by local and international scholars. Its purpose is to encourage discourse and give visibility to researchers from the region and others who anchor their work on Africa.

Current Issue

Volume 2, Number 1, July 2026 : Does AI (de)Humanise Society?
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If AI were a question, then this edition carries with it nuances that attempt at coming to some sort of answers. These not-quite-answers, indeed, stubbornly refuse to settle the matter comfortably. Instead, they reignite a rush of even more questions. The papers in this edition show, tell, or even dramatize, the idea, reality, or cultures surrounding AI. Of course, the very basis of these conversations, arguments, or illustrations, is a need to disambiguate “Artificial Intelligence”.

(Dr. Fredrick Mbogo, Issue Editor)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/wahia.v2i1
Published: 2026-08-26

Full Issue

  • Foreword

    vii - x
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/wahia.v2i1.643

Articles

  • Invisible Exports Shagalla TikTok Performances and Kenya’s Transnational Creative Economy

    Teresia Wanjiru Kaberia
    1 - 14
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/wahia.v2i1.645

  • From Peke Yangu to Dependency Generative AI, Algorithmic culture and the Transformation of Theatre Practice in Eldoret

    Octavious Onyango
    15 - 23
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/wahia.v2i1.644

  • Building - The Future

    Barbara Adair
    25 - 40
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/wahia.v2i1.646

  • The Disquieting Misnomer in Artificial Intelligence (AI) : is it “artificial” or “algorithmic”?

    Lydia Muthuma
    41 - 49
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.52907/wahia.v2i1.647
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