If the AfriPlaybook informs your research, teaching, or project, please cite it. Citing the work helps others discover it and supports the community that maintains it.

BibTeX​

@misc{waraka2026playbook,
  author       = {{Waraka Community}},
  title        = {AfriPlaybook: A Practical Guide to Building High-Quality Datasets for African Languages},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Waraka Community},
  url          = {https://afriplaybook.waraka.org/},
  note         = {Open-source community resource}
}

APA​

Waraka Community. (2026). AfriPlaybook: A Practical Guide to Building High-Quality Datasets for African Languages. https://afriplaybook.waraka.org/

MLA​

Waraka Community. AfriPlaybook: A Practical Guide to Building High-Quality Datasets for African Languages. 2026. Web. https://afriplaybook.waraka.org/.

Chicago​

Waraka Community. AfriPlaybook: A Practical Guide to Building High-Quality Datasets for African Languages. 2026. https://afriplaybook.waraka.org/.

Citation File Format (CFF)​

The repository ships a CITATION.cff file. GitHub auto-renders a "Cite this repository" button on the right sidebar of the repo page. Click it for any of the formats above plus a few more.

Citing a specific chapter​

When you reference a specific chapter rather than the playbook as a whole, include the chapter title and its URL. For example:

Waraka Community. (2026). Annotation Design and Workforce Management. In AfriPlaybook: A Practical Guide to Building High-Quality Datasets for African Languages. https://afriplaybook.waraka.org/annotation-design/

Versioning and DOIs​

The playbook is a living document: chapters change as the community refines guidance. If you need a stable, citable version (for a paper that will be peer-reviewed years from now), please open an issue and we'll cut a versioned release with a Zenodo DOI you can cite directly.

Questions​

For citation-related questions, open a GitHub Discussion or reach out via the Waraka community.