fmadore/Website

Personal academic website for Dr. Frédérick Madore, a historian and digital humanist specializing in Islam in West Africa, religious activism, and digital approaches to African studies. # Dr. Frédérick Madore - Academic Website Personal academic website for Dr. Frédérick Madore, a historian and digital humanist specializing in Islam in West Africa, religious activism, and digital approaches to African studies. **Live Site:** frederickmadore.com ## About This website showcases my academic work including: - **Research Projects**: Focus on Islam in West Africa, religious activism on university campuses in Togo and Benin, and digital humanities approaches to African studies - **Publications**: Books, journal articles, chapters, and other scholarly works - **Digital Humanities**: Projects like the Islam West Africa Collection (IWAC) - **Teaching**: Course materials and teaching philosophy - **Activities**: Conferences, workshops, and academic events ## Research Focus Areas - Islam in West Africa (Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo) - Religious activism on university campuses - Digital humanities applications in African studies - Muslim minorities in urban contexts ## Major Projects - **Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies**: Exploring how DH and AI can transform knowledge production in African studies through ethical, sustainable, and Africa-centred digital infrastructures - **Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin**: Research on Christian and Muslim student organizations - **Muslim Minorities in Southern Cities of Benin and Togo** - **Youth and Women's Islamic Activism in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso** ## Technical Implementation This site is built with: - SvelteKit 2 with Svelte 5 runes - Frontend framework, fully prerendered to static HTML - TypeScript (strict, `noUncheckedIndexedAccess`) - Language - Custom token-driven CSS system — the **Ink + Signal** design language (see `src/styles/CSS-README.md`) - Content as typed TypeScript data files in `src/lib/data/` (18 categories), auto-discovered via `import.meta.glob` - Deployed to GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions ### Machine-Readable Data The same `s …