James Yékú teaches African literature and postcolonial digital humanities at the University of Kansas. His work sits at the intersection of African cultural production and digital humanities, and he is the author of Cultural Netizenship: Social Media, Popular Culture, and Performance in Nigeria (Indiana University Press, 2022) and The Algorithmic Age of Personality: African Literature and Cancel Culture (Michigan State University Press, 2025).

Leah Junck is a senior researcher and digital anthropologist at the Global Center on AI Governance in South Africa. Her work explores how computational technologies shape human relationships, future imaginaries, and the interplay between personal tech experiences, structural frameworks, and public discourse.