African people
Let an agent describe the peoples of Africa and their diversity respectfully in their own terms, relay demographic information from official sources, explain identities and history with attribution, and avoid homogenising or stereotyping.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Describe Who African peoples are.
Diversity
Diversity.
Diversity
Diversity.
- How diverse are the peoples of Africa in ethnicity, language, religion and culture, and how do they describe themselves? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and free of homogenising stereotypes? boundary
Identities
National, local and other identities.
Identities
Identities.
- How do national identities such as Nigerian, city identities such as Lagosian, and peoples such as the Sahrawis relate, with contested cases attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific people? action
Data Demographics.
Census
Population data.
Census
Census.
- What do national censuses and the African Union report about populations and growth? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific country? action
Diaspora
Diasporas.
Diaspora
Diaspora.
- Where do African diasporas live, and how are they counted? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific diaspora? action
History History and culture.
History
History of the peoples.
History
History.
- How did the peoples of Africa develop through ancient civilisations, migrations, colonisation and independence, according to historians? provenance
- Where events are contested, are positions attributed? boundary
Culture
Cultures.
Culture
Culture.
- What cultural traditions are associated with African peoples, as described by African peoples? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Learn Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the peoples of Africa be taught without homogenising? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Language
Languages.
Language
Languages.
- Which languages are spoken by African peoples? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific language? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Burkinabe, Sahrawis, Capetonians, Johannesburgers, Lagosians, Nigerians, Burundians, Maghāribah, Sudanese, Mauritians, Sierra Leoneans, Ugandans
What it is Filled
The peoples of the African continent, comprising over a billion people across more than fifty countries with thousands of ethnic groups, languages and cultures, including national identities such as Nigerians and Burkinabe, city identities such as Lagosians, Capetonians and Johannesburgers, and peoples such as the Sahrawis, and with diasporas worldwide; Africans are described here in the terms they use for themselves, with demographic data from national statistics and the African Union.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe the peoples of Africa and their diversity respectfully in their own terms, relay demographic information from official sources, explain identities and history with attribution, and avoid homogenising or stereotyping.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Continental scope
- Extreme diversity
- National and local identities
- Self-designation
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat Africa or Africans as one homogeneous group.
- Use stereotypes of poverty, conflict or primitiveness to describe Africans.
- Take sides on contested identities, such as that of the Sahrawis, while presenting it as fact.
- Infer a specific person's origin or ethnicity from appearance or name.
Only with a human decision
- Recording ethnicity or national origin of identifiable people in any dataset.
May
- Describe African peoples, countries and cultures in the terms the people use for themselves, with sources.
- Report demographic and statistical data with its definitions and date.
Moral aspects Filled
- Colonial history still shapes how Africans are portrayed and treated.
- Africans face racism at home and in the diaspora.
Who is affected
- African peoples
- African diaspora
- Peoples with contested status
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; peoples define themselves and states keep their own population records.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q22947 - registry parent class
related
- inhabitant - category
- African Americans - a diaspora people entry
- Latin Americans - another continental people entry
- census - demographic data
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.african-people
- Wikidata: Q1075929 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075929)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- People of African countries
- Thousands of ethnic groups and languages
- The African diaspora includes people of African descent elsewhere
- Not physical; populations.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe diversity respectfully
- relay demographic information
- explain identities and history
- avoid stereotyping
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Treating Africa as homogeneous
- Stereotyping
- Partisan presentation of contested identities such as the Sahrawis
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National census standards
- African Union frameworks
- Style conventions on identity terms
Context of use required Filled
- The peoples of Africa.
- nationals of African countries
- ethnic and linguistic groups
- city and regional identities
- peoples with contested statehood such as Sahrawis
- African diasporas
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1075929: African people - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: African people - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each national people be a separate entry?
- How should census data be linked?
- How should contested statehood be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1075929/spec.json