Antropoloji, ananmusie ne AI
Afrika wɔ ne kɛseɛ ankasa mu
Amanaman Nkabom no agye atom sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsiesie mfeɛ pii a wɔde asase mfonini ayɛ Afrika ketewa no. Nnawɔtwe mmiɛnsa akyi no, Accra nso rekasa fa ɔkwan foforo a wɔfa so gyina Afrika ananmu: nea wɔde rehyɛ artificial intelligence nhyehyɛe mu.
Afrika asase kɛseɛ bɛyɛ square kilometres ɔpepem 30.3. Greenland deɛ, bɛyɛ ɔpepem 2.2. Enti Afrika kɛseɛ bɛyɛ Greenland mpɛn dunan.
Nanso wɔ wiase mfonini pii a awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ pii de sua geography no, ɛtɔ da a saa asase mmienu yi te sɛ nea wɔn kɛseɛ reyɛ pɛ.
Ɔhaw no nyɛ sɛ obi boapa yɛɛ Afrika ketewa wɔ mfonini no so. Gerardus Mercator yɛɛ ne projection no wɔ 1569 mu de rebɔ navigation ho haw pɔtee bi ano. Ɛkora angles ne directions a ɛwɔ mpɔtam so, na ɛno yɛ adeɛ a mfasoɔ wɔ akwantuo wɔ po so mu, nanso bere a yɛrekɔ akyirikyiri afi equator ho no, ɛma asase kɛseɛ no sesa kɛseɛ. [1][2]
Greenland yɛ kɛseɛ. Europa yɛ kɛseɛ. Afrika ne mmeaeɛ pii a ɛbɛn equator no te sɛ nea ayɛ ketewa.
Teknoloji ano aduru bi a wɔyɛeɛ maa adwuma pɔtee bi bɛyɛɛ wiase ho mfonini a yɛtaa hu da biara no mu baako.
Na ɛnyɛ sukuu atlas nko ara mu na ɛwɔ. Ne fã bi, EPSG:3857 (Web Mercator), da so ara yɛ reference system a wɔtaa de kyerɛ map wɔ digital services te sɛ Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing ne ArcGIS mu. [1]
Enti saa distortion yi wɔ abakɔsɛm tenten, na ɛda so te ase wɔ yɛn bere yi mu.
Wɔ 4 September no, Amanaman Nkabom no General Assembly gyee, wɔ ɔkwan a ɛnyɛ mmara a ɛhyɛ obi so, resolution A/80/L.104 a wɔfrɛ no Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly Africa. Aman 164 penee so, ɔman baako sɔre tiaa, na aman 6 ammɔ aba. Togo na ɛde proposal no baeɛ maa African Group no, na African Union no nso gyinaa akyi. [3][4][5]
Resolution no mmra sɛ wɔmma Mercator nyera, na ɛnkyerɛ sɛ wiase nyinaa mfa map baako pɛ nni dwuma. Ɛhyɛ aban ahodoɔ, sukuu ne nhomasua ahyehyɛdeɛ, amanaman ntam ahyehyɛdeɛ ne technology companies nkuran sɛ, bere a ɛho hia sɛ wɔde aman ne continents asase kɛseɛ toto ho pɛpɛɛpɛ no, wɔmfa equal-area projections nni dwuma, na wɔkyerɛ nso sɛ sphere bi a wɔde rekɔ flat surface so no wɔ anohyetoɔ. [3][4]
Correct the Map campaign a Africa No Filter ne Speak Up Africa fii aseɛ, na akyire yi African Union no gyee akyi no, de Equal Earth adi dwuma sɛ ananmu ahodoɔ no mu baako. Bojan Šavrič, Tom Patterson ne Bernhard Jenny na wɔyɛɛ projection no wɔ 2018 mu sɛnea asase ahodoɔ kɛseɛ bɛtena nea ɛteɛ so na wiase mfonini no nso akɔ so ayɛ nea nnipa hunu na wɔte aseɛ. [2][6]
Mfonini no ho hia efisɛ ɛte sɛ adeɛ a ɛnni asiane biara.
Map no nyɛ territory no ankasa. Ɛgyina ananmu.
Sɛ ɛbɛyɛ saa a, ɛpaw properties bi na ɛgyae afoforo. Flat projection biara ntumi nkora area, shape, distance ne direction nyinaa so a distortion biara nni mu.
Ɔhaw no ba bere a yɛn ani nnye saa paw no bio, na ananmusie pɔtee bi fi aseɛ te sɛ wiase no ankasa.
Amanaman Nkabom no mu akyinnyegye no daa no adi sɛ saa asɛm yi nso nni amanyɔsɛm ntam abusuabɔ akyi.
United States nkutoo na ɛbɔɔ aba tiaa. Ne ananmusifoɔ no annye initiative no amanyɔsɛm frame kɛseɛ no antom, na wɔsɔre tiaa nsɛmfua te sɛ “cognitive justice” ne “memorial reparation”. Togo deɛ, ɛkaa cartography ho ɔhaw no ara wɔ nimdeɛ, abakɔsɛm nkaeɛ, animuonyam ne ɔmanfoɔ ani a wɔde hwɛ wiase no mu. [4][5]
Ukraine ne Serbia, a wɔammɔ aba no, penee botaeɛ a ɛne sɛ wɔbɛkyerɛ continents asase kɛseɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ no so, nanso wɔdaa wɔn adwene adi fa Equal Earth map ahodoɔ bi ne sɛnea wɔkyerɛ territories a akyinnyegye wɔ wɔn ho no ho. Sɛnea European Union kyerɛkyerɛɛ mu wɔ nhyiam dan no mu no, resolution no fa continents asase kɛseɛ a wɔde toto wɔn ho nko ara ho, na ɛnsesa borders, sovereignty anaa territorial status biara. [4]
Saa akyinnyegye yi boa ma yɛte adeɛ bi a ɛho hia aseɛ.
Sɛ mpo yɛnim asase bi kɛseɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ akontaabu mu a, sɛnea yɛde no gyina ananmu no da so yɛ amanyɔsɛm ne amammerɛ adwuma.
Wɔ akyinnyegye no mu, Togo ananmusifoɔ no de asɛmfua bi a ɛma yɛdwenii paa dii dwuma: “cognitive justice”. Resolution no de no bata ɔkwan a mfonini ne ananmusie a wɔasan ayɛ no awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ pii mu tumi sesa sɛnea nnipa susuw wiase ho no ho. [3][4]
Ɛha na cartography bɛn antropoloji mu asɛmmisa bi a ɛwɔ hɔ fi tete.
Categories, classifications ne ananmusie ho nhyehyɛeɛ nnyɛ nneɛma a wɔde kyerɛ nea ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw nko ara. Wɔboa nso ma nneɛma no da adi, yɛtumi de wɔn toto ho, na yɛtumi susuw wɔn ho.
Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, African Union Commission no Titenani, san baa saa asɛm yi so wɔ 9 September, African Union Day no. Ɔde map no siesie no kaa asɛmmisa kɛseɛ bi ho: Afrika ankasa tumi a ɛde bɛkyerɛ baabi a ɛgyina ne daakye. Ɔkyerɛe sɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔsusu Afrika nkɔsoɔ wɔ sɛnea wɔn a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri gyina continent no ananmu nko ara so, na mmom wɔsusu nso wɔ ne tumi a ɛde bɛsi continent a ayɛ baako, ahoɔden wom na ɛtumi yɛ ne daakye no so. [7]
Nnawɔtwe mmiɛnsa akyi wɔ saa abatoɔ no, asɛmmisa no san pue wɔ infrastructure foforo bi mu.
Wɔ 22 ne 23 September no, Accra reyɛ Pan African AI & Innovation Summit no nea ɛto so mmienu. Nhyiam no de aban mu nnipa, suapɔn ne nhwehwɛmufoɔ, companies, technology communities ne entrepreneurial ecosystems a efi Afrika aman bɛboro aduanan ne diaspora no bom. Nhyiam no de public policy, skills, partnerships ne capacity-building si anim. [8][9]
Nanso nneɛma bi wɔ hɔ a ɛkyerɛ asɛm no yie mpo.
Nhyiam no ecosystem no ankasa ka ɔkwan bi a ɛkɔ “fi indigenous language models kɔ sovereign data infrastructure” ho asɛm. Programme no ne nneɛma a wɔde bɔ dawuro no nso si sovereign digital architecture, models a wɔyɛ firi Afrika nsɛm tebea mu, ne natural-language-processing solutions a wɔasi wɔ mpɔtam no so dua. [8][10]
Ɛno nti, map no ne AI ntam abusuabɔ no nyɛ metaphor nko ara bio.
Mercator ne artificial intelligence model yɛ technologies a ɛsono wɔn koraa, na mfeɛ pii paa da wɔn ntam.
Nanso wɔwɔ adeɛ titiriw baako a ɛma wɔbɛn wɔn ho.
Wɔn mu biara nsan yɛ wiase no ankasa. Wɔn mmienu nyinaa gyina wiase no ananmu.
Model nso paw nneɛma. Ɛsua firi corpus ahodoɔ bi mu, na ɛnyɛ afoforo. Kasa bi wɔ digital documents bebree; afoforo deɛ, wɔn material a ɛwɔ digital mu na ɛyɛ accessible no sua koraa. Data a ɛwɔ hɔ no fi institutions ne societies a wɔn tumi a ɛde bɛpublish, akora na ama nimdeɛ akɔ baabiara no nnhyɛ pɛ.
Nea system bi tumi hunu no nso gyina nea ɛtumi huu no so.
Ɛno nti concepts te sɛ indigenous models, Afrocentric data anaa sovereign data infrastructure ho hia sen AI application foforo bi a wɔde bɛyɛ demonstration.
Wɔsesa onipa a ɔwɔ sentence no mu.
Mfeɛ pii no, international technology discourse pii aka connectivity, digitisation anaa artificial intelligence a wɔde rekɔ Afrika ho asɛm.
Saa kasa no tumi ma continent no bɛyɛ baabi a technologies a wɔsusuu ho, tuaa ho ka na wɔtrain no wɔ mmeaeɛ foforo no kɔwie.
Sɛ wɔrekasa firi Accra afa model a wɔbɛsi, data a wɔbɛhwɛ so ne infrastructure a wɔbɛyɛ wɔ wɔn ankasa mu a, ɛma ɔkwan foforo bue.
Afrika nnyɛ baabi a wɔde technology kɔde gu nko ara bio. Ɛbɛyɛ nso mmeaeɛ a wɔfiri hɔ bisa data bɛn na ɛho hia, kasa bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔda no adi, ɔhaw bɛn na ɛfata sɛ wɔdi ho dwuma, ne institution bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛtumi audit systems no.
Correct the Map kwan no nso ma yehu adeɛ bi a ɛte sɛ saa ara.
Campaign no fii Afrika ahyehyɛdeɛ mu a wɔsɔre tiaa wiase mfonini bi a na nnipa ahunu no daa enti na ɛnte sɛ adeɛ a wɔbɛtumi agye ho akyinnye bio. Akyire yi African Union Assembly no gyee initiative no akyi, na Togo de proposal no kɔɔ Amanaman Nkabom no anim maa African Group no. [5][6][11]
Ɔkwan a asɛm no faa so no ho hia.
Ɛnyɛ ahyehyɛdeɛ bi a ɛwɔ Afrika akyi na ɛhunuu sɛ ananmusie no wɔ ɔhaw na ɛsi gyinaeɛ sɛ ɛbɛsiesie ama Afrika.
Asɛm no firi Afrika na ɛkɔɔ ahyehyɛdeɛ a wɔboa ma wiase no nya ne mfonini no nkyɛn.
Accra nso rebisa nsɛm a ɛbɛn saa wɔ infrastructure a ɛyɛ foforo koraa mu.
Hwan na ɔsi systems a wɔde kyerɛ Afrika no. Kasa bɛn na systems no hu. Archives bɛn na wɔnim. Hwan na ɔhyehyɛ wɔn categories. Hwan na ɔwɔ data ne computing capacity a ɛde bɛsesa wɔn. Hwan na ɔtumi hwɛ wɔn results mu, na hwan na ɔka sɛ model a wɔyɛeɛ wɔ baabi foforo no user kɛkɛ.
Cartographic projection siesie no nkutoo ntumi nsiesie sikasɛm, amanyɔsɛm anaa technology abusuabɔ a abakɔsɛm mu no ama sɛnea wɔde continent no gyina ananmu no ayɛ saa.
Equal Earth nso nyɛ map a sintɔ biara nni mu. Projection biara ntumi nyɛ saa.
Nanso ɛhyɛ yɛn ma yɛyɛ adeɛ bi a yɛntaa nyɛ.
Yɛsan hwɛ adeɛ a na yɛasua sɛ ɛyɛ dabiara adeɛ.
Wɔ Mercator mu no, Afrika tumi da adi sɛ ketewa a nnipa pii a yɛde map no di dwuma no anhu distortion no.
Algorithmic infrastructures nso tumi nya saa ahintadeɛ no bi bere a wɔn corpora, categories ne classifications akɔhyɛ yɛn da biara asetena mu kɛseɛ.
Ɛno nti, saa nnawɔtwe yi a yɛde ama Afrika no tumi fi ha.
Ɛnyɛ sɛ yɛbɛbisa nko ara sɛ wiase hu Afrika sɛn, na mmom hwan na ɔwɔ nnwinnadeɛ a wɔde gyina continent no ananmu.
Sɛ yɛsesa map no a, ɛkyerɛ nso sɛ yɛregye ho akyinnye sɛ hwan na ɔwɔ tumi a ɔde bɛtwerɛ no.
Nkyerɛaseɛ ne nsɛm a wɔde gyinaa so
[1] EPSG. WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator — EPSG:3857 (Web Mercator). https://epsg.io/3857
[2] Equal Earth. The Equal Earth map projection. https://equal-earth.com/
[3] United Nations General Assembly. A/80/L.104 — “Correct the map”: Rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world’s regions, particularly Africa. https://docs.un.org/A/80/L.104
[4] United Nations General Assembly. A/80/PV.114 — 114th plenary meeting, 80th session. 4 September 2026. https://docs.un.org/A/80/PV.114
[5] United Nations, Office of the Special Adviser on Africa. Victory for Africa as UN Votes on Resolution to “Correct the Map”. 8 September 2026. https://www.un.org/osaa/en/news/victory-africa-un-votes-resolution-correct-map
[6] Correct the Map. Africa No Filter / Speak Up Africa. https://correctthemap.org/
[7] African Union. Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Occasion of African Union Day. 9 September 2026. https://www.au.int/en/node/46918
[8] Pan African AI & Innovation Summit. PAAIS 2026. Accra, 22–23 September 2026. https://panafricanaisummit.com/
[9] Ghana News Agency. PAAIS 2026 to champion digital skills, innovation. 24 January 2026. https://gna.org.gh/2026/01/paais-2026-to-champion-digital-skills-innovation/
[10] Ghana AI Summit. Opportunities Showcase — Pan African AI & Innovation Summit. https://ghanaaisummit.com/directory_infos?info_type=opportunity
[11] African Union. AU leaders adopt historic initiative to Correct the Map of Africa, advancing implementation and global repositioning of the Continent. 12 June 2026. https://au.int/en/node/46520