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WikiAfrica/Palabre is a collaborative and international project designed to africanize Wikipedia through networks, research, projects, publications, and events. WikiAfrica contributes to Wikimedia projects online and offline with texts, quotes, images, audio and video.
WikiAfrica supports access to information and the sharing and conservation of knowledge. WikiAfrica considers Wikimedia projects as an extended, international forum, capable of giving Africa a larger voice and greater visibility. “La Palabre is precious, because in the afterlife there is none.” So says a proverb from Mali, emphasizing the importance of dialogue, verbal exchange, socialization, and mediation. It is in this spirit that WikiAfrica wishes to operate, helping to expand and improve information available about Africa online.
WikiAfrica creates networks, involves users, facilitates the participation and access to Wikimedia projects, as well as providing analytical and exploratory tools and instruments, generating new content and investigations, gathering funds for scholarships, and supporting present and active resources in the territories covered by the initiative. In order to achieve its goals, the WikiAfrica program is structured in areas of intervention and it can be found online on WikiAfrica.org, where you can watch the project unfold and see its results.
Contribute to WikiAfrica
Enrich and create new African articles for Wikipedia. At the moment WikiAfrica is specifically working on literature, art, magazines and African routes of migrants.
- WAL - WikiAfrica Literature activates writers, critics, editors and cultural institutions to bring African literature on Wikipedia.
- WAA - WikiAfrica Art activates artists, critics, curators and art institutions to bring African art on Wikipedia.
- Chimurenga Library brings cultural and political African magazines on Wikipedia.
- Borders brings African routes of migrants, maps and locations on Wikipedia.
Trainings
Wikipedia in African Languages
- sw: - Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya, Ouganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo republic) (6955)
- yo: - Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin, Togo) (5696)
- wo: - Wolof (Senegal) (318)
- kg: - Kikongo (502) (Angola,Congo republic)
- kab: - Kabyle (Algeria) (230)
- so: - Somali (Somalia)(382)
- bm: - Bambara (Mali) (133)
- ti: - Tigrinya (Erythrea) (103)
- zu: - Zoulou (South Africa) (91)
- om: - Oromo (Ethiopia) (60)
- ig: - Igbo (Nigeria) (539)
- st: - Sesoto (Lesotho) (38)
- rw: - Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) (37)
- ve: - Venda (South Africa) (33)
- xh: - Chichewa (Malawi) (24)
- ak: - Akan (Ghana,Ivory coast) (23)
- tn: - Tswana (Botswana) (21)
- ha: - Hausa (Benin, Burkina Faso) (17)
- tum: - Tumbuka (Malawi) (17)
- sn: - Shona (Zimbabwe) (17)
- ki: - kikuyu (Niger-Congo) (15)
- tw: - Twi (Ghana) (14)
- ff: - Fula (14)
- rn: - Kirundi (Burundi) (11)
- lg: - Luganda (Ouganda) (11)
- sg: - Sango (République Centrafricaine) (13)
- hz: - Herero (Namibia) (13)
- ss: - Swati (Swaziland) (12)
- aa: - Afar (Ethiopia) (10)
- ee: - Ewe (Ghana, Togo) (10)
- ng: - Ndonga (Namibia) (4)
- kj: - Kwanyama (Angola) (4)
- ts: - Tsonga (Mozambique) (3)
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Events
in progress
past
- featuring WikiAfrica Art in Paris, during the exposition myDetour/Paris, from 24th April to 19th May, at the Centre Pompidou, in Paris.
- WikiAfrica Art has been launched in Dakar, at Kër Thiossane, Villa pour l’Art et le Multimédia in the context of AfroPixel, the first African Digital Art, 1th -18th May 2008.
- WikiAfrica Workshop Pisa, March 18th 2008
- LitCam, Frankfurt Book Fair, October 8th 2007.
- WikiAfrica Workshop at Festivaletteratura in Mantua], September 7th-9th 2007. With also Marco Aime, Cristina Ali Farah, Livia Apa, Bili Bidjocka, Frieda Brioschi, Gabriele Del Grande, Alessandra Di Maio, Sylviane Diop, Elio Grazioli, Tahar Lamri, Simon Njami, Igiaba Scego, Paola Splendore, Alessandro Triulzi, Itala Vivan.
- CSCL-Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, State University of New Jersey, July 16th-21st 2007.
- Detour, New York, June 1st 2007.
- ACASA-14th Triennial Symposium on African Art, University of Florida, March 28th-April 1st 2007.
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Partners and members
WikiAfrica is a project open to the active participation of all agencies, organizations, and individuals that share its aims. Sign in!
Organisations
People
- Ceciliawa (talk · contribs)
- Adasa (talk · contribs)
- Sifo (talk · contribs)
- Isabelladp (talk · contribs)
- Nekima (talk · contribs)
- Harianna (talk · contribs)
- Iopensa (talk · contribs)
- Silviavaiga (talk · contribs)
- Cocock (talk · contribs)
- Ira Nal27 (talk · contribs)
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Related Projects and Links
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