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MAFAND-MT: Masakhane Anglo & Franco Africa News Dataset for Machine Translation

Nigerian Pidgin(pcm)SpeechMTWest Africa
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Dataset Info

Language
Nigerian Pidgin (pcm)
Modality
Speech
Domain
News
Size
Hours
Institution
GitHub
Last Updated
26 May 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierUnknown

License unknown — use with caution until an SPDX identifier is confirmed.

RedistributionAllowed

PII RISK

Unknown risk

Full Record

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Registry columns (18/27)

iso code
pcm
Dataset name
MAFAND-MT: Masakhane Anglo & Franco Africa News Dataset for Machine Translation
Modality
Speech
Type
dataset
Link
https://github.com/masakhane-io/lafand-mt
NLP Task
MT
Domain
News
Data Format
Not stated
Size Metric
Hours
Size Value
Hours
License
Not stated
Open Access
Open
Source Repository
GitHub
Year Published
Not stated
Creator/Author(s)
Not stated
Funder/Partner
Other
Dialect Coverage
Standard
Gender Balance
Not stated
Speaker Count
Not stated
Annotation Type
Not stated
Status
Active
Has Datasheet
No
PII Risk
Not stated
Consent Verified
Not stated
Verified By
Lanfrica Pipeline
Date Indexed
2026-05-26
Notes / Flags
Parsed from Lanfrica name: mafand-mt-masakhane-anglo-franco-africa-news-dataset-for-machine-translation.

Quality (DQI) (2/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
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SPDX License ID
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Redistribution Allowed?
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Content Hash
Not stated
Submitted By
LanAfrica pipeline (automated)
Fetch Date
2026-05-26
Last Updated Date
Not stated
Annotation Guidelines Available?
Not stated
IAA Score
Not stated
Cleaning Notes
Not stated
Benchmark Exists?
Not stated
Benchmark Citation
Not stated

Representativeness (DRI) (1/7)

Gender Distribution
Not stated
Region Coverage
Not stated
Region Distribution
Not stated
Age Range Coverage
Not stated
Register
Not stated
Marginalized Group Note
Not stated
Demographic Fields Reported Count
0

Readiness Score Breakdown

5/5
Data Coverage100%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks100%
Documentation77%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://github.com/masakhane-io/lafand-mt
Fetch Timestamp
26 May 2026
Content Hash
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Audit Log

Record indexed from GitHub

26 May 2026

Source status: Active

26 May 2026

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