charlesnyamudzanga/griot-app

Africa's AI-powered content creation platform — Built in Botswana, for the world Public ✅ Add README ✅ Click "Create repository" Do that now — while you do I'm coding the landing page. Screenshot when repo is created! GRIOT Africa's First AI-Powered Content Creation Platform > *"Every major platform was built by someone else, for someone else. Griot changes that. Not a clone. Not a copy. The original."* Built in Gaborone, Botswana 🇧🇼 | Africa Creates 🔥 --- What is Griot? Griot is Africa's first AI-powered content creation platform — trained FROM African culture, not retrofitted from Western defaults. Every major AI tool was built with the West as the default. The languages, the cultural references, the creative outputs — none of it was built for Africa's 1.4 billion people. ChatGPT doesn't know Setswana. Midjourney doesn't know Adinkra. The defaults were never us. Griot changes that. --- What Makes Griot Different Feature Other AI Tools Griot African Languages ❌ Limited/None ✅ Native Support African Cultural Context ❌ Retrofitted ✅ Built-in African Music DNA ❌ Western defaults ✅ Afrobeats, Amapiano African Visual Culture ❌ Not recognised ✅ Kente, Adinkra Built by Africans ❌ ✅ Gaborone, Botswana Open Source ❌ Mostly closed ✅ Fully open --- Cultural DNA Griot is trained on and inspired by: Languages 🗣️ Setswana · Swahili · Yoruba · Hausa · Zulu · Igbo · Shona · Amharic Music 🎵 Afrobeats · Amapiano · Highlife · Afrojuju · Bongo Flava Visual Culture 🎨 Kente patterns · Adinkra symbols · African textile traditions Storytelling 📖 African oral tradition · Griot storytelling · Ubuntu philosophy --- Getting Started Prerequisites A modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) Git (optional, for cloning) Installation ```bash # Clone the repository git clone github.com # Navigate into the project cd griot-app # Open in your browser open index.html ``` Or simply visit the live platform — no installation needed. --- Contributing Griot is open source because Africa's AI infrastructure shouldn't be locked behind a paywall or owned by one company. It belongs to the continent. We welcome contributions from African developers and allies worldwide. …