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Blog Post· Forthcoming

Hadj or El Hadj? Grounding AI Answers in a Digital Collection on Islam in West Africa

by Frédérick Madore

Record

Type
Blog Post
Publisher
The Digital Orientalist
Date
Forthcoming
Language
English
Countries
Togo · Côte d’Ivoire
Project
Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies →
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Cite

Frédérick Madore. (Forthcoming). “Hadj or El Hadj? Grounding AI Answers in a Digital Collection on Islam in West Africa”. The Digital Orientalist, 2026.

Tags

Islam in West AfricaIWACMCPLarge Language ModelsArtificial IntelligenceSemantic SearchAgent SkillsCollections as DataDigital ArchivesDigital HumanitiesHistorical Source CriticismData SovereigntyHajjPilgrimageTogoCôte d’Ivoire

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Frédérick Madore

Historian | Digital Humanities & AI | Data Curator & Researcher, University of Bayreuth

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