The Wakanda Protocol: An Afrofuturist Guide to Artificial Intelligence

You do not need a PhD to understand artificial intelligence. You just need to see it work.
The Wakanda Protocol is not a typical AI textbook. There are no dense equations, no abstract theories, and no assigned exercises at the end of each chapter. Instead, you will find a hands-on guide designed to spark curiosity and encourage exploration.
This book is for learners who are curious about artificial intelligence but prefer clarity over complexity. It offers a way to glimpse under the hood just enough to understand the core ideas while providing working code that brings each concept to life.
I believe that the best way to learn how something works is to experiment with it. Each chapter introduces a meaningful concept, such as how datasets shape intelligence or how the Ubuntu philosophy offers a guide for designing systems that serve the community rather than control it then follows it with a working code example to make each idea tangible.
You will explore:
· How to train language models that recognize meaning beyond the literal, embedding cultural context, global traditions, and non-Western knowledge into intelligent systems
· What it means for a chatbot to be culturally aware, not just fluent in grammar but able to respond in ways that honor diverse values, histories, and worldviews
· How prompt engineering works, and how the phrasing of a question can shape the behavior of powerful models
· Why artificial intelligence is not only a technical challenge but a cultural and ethical one, influenced by whose data is used, whose languages are represented, and whose perspectives are reflected
This book is for students, educators, independent thinkers, and builders. If you have ever wanted to understand what AI is really doing, and how to guide it in ways that are meaningful to your community, this book is for you.
You will not be told what to believe. You will be invited to explore, to question, and most of all, to build.