AfriHate
Hate Speech Detection for 15 African Languages
hate-speech-detection
text-classification
safety
~45,000 examples
Apache 2.0
Description
Multilingual dataset for hate speech and abusive language detection. Tweets annotated by native speakers with socio-cultural context.
Quick Start
Python
from datasets import load_dataset
dataset = load_dataset("afrihate/afrihate", "hau", split="train")
Project Ideas
Hate Speech Classifier
Train BERT classifier for hate speech in Kinyarwanda
IntermediateFeature Analysis
Investigate linguistic features correlating with abusive labels
AdvancedEthical Considerations
- Contains offensive content
- Use strictly for safety research