African History QA Dataset
# African History QA Dataset
## Overview
The **African History QA Dataset** is a comprehensive collection of multiple-choice questions focused on various topics related to African history. The dataset was generated using advanced language model capabilities from **LLaMA 3.1: 8B** and consists of questions derived from a series of historical texts and books that cover different eras of African history. This dataset can be used for educational purposes, question-answering tasks, and historical knowledge assessments, and is also a valuable resource for training and evaluating machine learning models.
## Source Material
The questions in this dataset were generated from a selection of historical books, covering a wide range of topics and periods in African history. Below is a list of the primary sources used to generate the questions:
1. **Le Cameroun une Afrique en miniature**
2. **Volume I** - Méthodologie et préhistoire africaine
3. **Volume II** - Afrique ancienne
4. **Volume III** - L'Afrique du VIIe au XIe siècle
5. **Volume IV** - L'Afrique du XIIe au XVIe siècle
6. **Volume V** - L'Afrique du XVIe au XVIIe siècle
7. **Volume VI** - Le XIXe siècle jusque vers les années 1880
8. **Volume VII** - L'Afrique sous domination coloniale, 1880-1935
9. **Volume VIII** - L'Afrique depuis 1935
Each book, available in both PDF and TXT formats, was used to extract relevant historical content. This content was then processed with **LLaMA 3.1: 8B** to generate questions.
## Dataset Structure
The dataset consists of multiple-choice questions formatted as JSON objects, with the following fields:
* **question_number** : A unique identifier for each question.
* **question_text** : The main text of the question.
* **answer_choices** : A list of possible answers, where each answer is represented by a letter (e.g., "A", "B", "C") and corresponding text.
* **correct_answers** : The correct answer(s) for each question, stored as a list to support multiple correct answers when ap …