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a Path for
African Low-Resource Languages] --> H[Historical Context] Main --> C[Current Challenges] Main --> I[Initiatives & Progress] Main --> T[Technical Solutions] Main --> F[Future Development] H --> H1[Pretoria professor leads research 1] H --> H2[Shizonga describes academic path 2] H --> H3[Colonialism affected language records 6] H --> H4[Global North dominates science 7] H --> H5[Missionaries distorted documentation 10] C --> C1[African languages lack resources 3] C --> C2[Languages missing dictionaries 4] C --> C3[Technical debt grows fast 5] C --> C4[AI data exploits workers 8] C --> C5[Wikipedia lacks content 9] C --> C6[Computer resources limited 11] I --> I1[Startup develops language tech 18] I --> I2[Learning spreads across continent 19] I --> I3[Women lead AI meetings 20] I --> I4[Masakhane builds language tools 21] I --> I5[Grassroots movements drive progress 22] T --> T1[Text strategies help scarcity 13] T --> T2[Translation gaps affect learning 14] T --> T3[Models avoid English focus 15] T --> T4[Speech needs diverse voices 16] T --> T5[Languages mix code often 17] F --> F1[Data needs fair rules 12] F --> F2[Funds face absorption issues 23] F --> F3[Research needs investment 24] F --> F4[Data Science Institute begins 25] F --> F5[Fields must collaborate 26] F5 --> F6[Building media partnerships 27] F4 --> F7[AI documents not preserves 28] F3 --> F8[Data faces unique challenges 29] F2 --> F9[Language changes affect systems 30] class Main,H,H1,H2,H3,H4,H5 context class C,C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6 challenges class I,I1,I2,I3,I4,I5 initiatives class T,T1,T2,T3,T4,T5 tech class F,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9 future