Description
Living Archive was born during a hackathon: using AI to make possible what used to be difficult—rebuilding an African pantheon and making it explorable as a living archive.
Goals
- Structure an African pantheon as linked entities (lineage, domains, symbols).
- Build an interactive and narrative experience.
- Use AI as a rapid prototyping accelerator while keeping editorial control.
- Expose an API so educational and storytelling projects can reuse the data.
Stack
- React (frontend)
- FastAPI (backend)
- AI image generation (Vertex/Imagen depending on setup)
- Structured JSON data + API endpoints
Status
🚧 Actively in development. The base layer (entity graph + interface + visual generation) is in place. Next steps: richer narratives, audio, and API/documentation hardening.
Links
- Hugging Face demo: african_mythology_V2
- GitHub repo: african_mythology_V2