4 papers
The Rise of AfricaNLP: A Survey of Contributions, Contributors, Community Impact, and Bibliometric Analysis
Tadesse Destaw Belay, Kedir Yassin Hussen, Sukairaj Hafiz Imam +11
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is undergoing constant transformation, as Large Language Models (LLMs) are driving daily breakthroughs in research and practice. In this regard, t…
Dataset Creation and Baseline Models for Sexism Detection in Hausa
Fatima Adam Muhammad, Shamsuddeen Muhammad Hassan, Isa Inuwa-Dutse
Sexism reinforces gender inequality and social exclusion by perpetuating stereotypes, bias, and discriminatory norms. Noting how online platforms enable various forms of sexism to…
OpenAI's GPT-OSS-20B Model and Safety Alignment Issues in a Low-Resource Language
Isa Inuwa-Dutse
In response to the recent safety probing for OpenAI's GPT-OSS-20b model, we present a summary of a set of vulnerabilities uncovered in the model, focusing on its performance and sa…
Detection and Analysis of Offensive Online Content in Hausa Language
Fatima Muhammad Adam, Abubakar Yakubu Zandam, Isa Inuwa-Dutse
Hausa, a major Chadic language spoken by over 100 million people mostly in West Africa is considered a low-resource language from a computational linguistic perspective. This class…