Chao Tayiana

Chao Tayiana Maina also Headstrong Historian is a Kenyan digital heritage specialist and digital humanities scholar working at the intersection of culture and technology. Her work primarily focuses on the application of technology in the preservation, engagement and dissemination of African heritage.

She is the founder of African Digital Heritage, a co-founder of the Museum of British Colonialism and a co-founder of the Open Restitution Africa project. Online initiatives seeking to  encourage a more critical, holistic and knowledge-based approach to the design and implementation of digital solutions within African cultural heritage. Her work has been featuredon Reuters, BBC news, BBC Arts, Ntv, KBC and 3Sat.

She holds an MSc International Heritage Visualisation (distinction) and a BSc Mathematics and Computer Science. Her research work explored the possibilities of embedding intangible histories in 3D digital environments.  She is a recipient of the Google Anita Borg scholarship for women in technology.

Read more here: https://headstronghistorian.com

African Digital Heritage is a Kenya based non-profit organisation founded to encourage a more critical, holistic and knowledge-based approach to the design and implementation of digital solutions within African cultural heritage.

Working at the intersection of culture and technology we seek to explore issues around digitisation, digital engagement, digital research and digital participation within African heritage.

Read more here: https://africandigitalheritage.com