Overview

This section presents a selection of visualisations to provide an insight into the extensive corpus of the Islam West Africa Collection.

Word cloud

This interactive word cloud visualises the most frequently used words in newspaper articles from the collection, excluding Islamic publications. It provides an insight into the dominant themes in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, and Togo. Users can toggle between countries to explore national differences, with word sizes reflecting their frequency in the articles. Hover over words to see exact frequency counts.