Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora

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WikiProject African diaspora aims to improve all articles related to the cultural contributions of people of African descent all over the world. The African diaspora is the story of how Africans, though scattered and dispersed, managed to preserve cultural traditions while, at the same time, reinventing their identities in places outside Africa.

Shortcut: WP:AFRO

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Contents 1 Peoples of the African Diaspora 2 Current Goals 3 Notes 3.1 Article Assessments 4 Deletion discussions 5 Recognized Articles 5.1 Featured articles 5.2 Good Articles 5.3 Did you knows 6 Project participants 7 Stubs 8 Templates 8.1 Userbox 8.2 Project invite 8.3 Banner for talk pages 8.4 African Diaspora 8.5 African American 8.6 Culture 9 Links

[edit] Peoples of the African Diaspora

• African Americans
• Africans in the United States
• Afro-Arab
• Afro-Argentines
• Black British People
• Afro-Brazilians
• Black Canadians
• Afro-Cubans
• Afro-Latin Americans
• African Filipinos
• Afro-Germans
• Afro-Mexicans
• Afro-Peruvians
• Afro-Trinidadian people
• Afro-Turks
• Siddi

and more...

[edit] Current Goals

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora:

edit · history · watch · refresh

Here are some tasks you can do: Requests: Dhamal dance, Flambeaux, Afro-French, Athiesm in the African diaspora, David Crosthwait, Jr., William Warrick Cardozo, Samuel Lee Kountz, Jr., E. Luther Brookes, Lloyd Noel Ferguson, James A. Harris, Elgy S. Johnson, African Americans in Film, List of black college football classics[1], Institute of the Black World, Black Renaissance of DC[2] Verify: African American, Black people, Soul food, Molefi Kete Asante, Convict lease, Ghetto Cleanup: An Occasional Discourse on the Nigger Question, Great Migration (African American), African aesthetic, Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor, Afro-American music, Black flight Expand: Music of the African diaspora, Historically black colleges and universities, Islam in the African diaspora, African textiles, Emancipation Day, Ring shout, Ethnic enclave Stubs: Category:African diaspora stubs, Category:African history stubs, Category:Africa stubs, Category:African American stubs NPOV: Black Panther Party, Black power, Race and intelligence, Reparations for slavery, African Publishers Network, Crown Heights Riot Other: Upkeep of the African Diaspora project page, Article Assessments [edit] Notes ^ This task is not to create the list but to create the articles that are linked on the list. ^ see here.

[edit] Article Assessments

Project Afro assessments needs your help. You can:

• Assess articles (it's ok if you're not 100% sure about where you place an article.)
• Work on top importance articles first (especially the ones that aren't at least B class)

African diaspora articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA		2	5	3		10
	A		1		1		2
	GA		6	3	4		13
	B	10	42	48	25	2	127
	Start	9	30	86	76	31	232
	Stub	4	13	42	83	105	247
	Assessed	23	94	184	192	138	631
	Unassessed			2		65	67
	Total	23	94	186	192	203	698

[edit] Deletion discussions

All deletion discussions relevant to this wikiproject will be held at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Ethnic groups or Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Africa

[edit] Recognized Articles

[edit] Featured articles

Of the more than 1,300 Wikipedia articles on subjects treating the African diaspora, less than one percent have achieved featured article status. Among them are:

African American literature
Alpha Phi Alpha
Barack Obama
Black Seminoles
Blackface
Blues
British African-Caribbean community
Ku Klux Klan
Music of the Lesser Antilles
Shotgun house

[edit] Good Articles

African American culture
African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska
Alan Keyes
Black church
Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic
James McCune Smith
Malcolm X
Mary McLeod Bethune
Michael Jackson
Music of Barbados
Rainbow/PUSH
Janet Jackson

[edit] Did you knows

• Leonidas Berry (June 6, 2007)
• Eldridge Dickey (July 4, 2007)
• Calhoun Colored School (October 18, 2007)
• Paul Robeson
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Clarence Lightner
• St. Paul A.M.E. Church
• Leonard Hall (Shaw University)
• Africatown
• Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (May 10, 2008)
• Robert Purvis (May 11, 2008)

[edit] Project participants

To join this project add your name here!

1. futurebird 05:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
2. Szvest - ^{Wiki me up ®} 10:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
3. Zleitzen 11:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
4. --Toussaint 19:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
5. deeceevoice 19:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
6. Kynn 03:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
7. Sluzzelin 06:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC) (focus on music, but interested in every aspect)
8. Muntuwandi 00:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
9. Optimale ^Gu 17:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
10. Abeg92contribs 20:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
11. Theangryblackwoman 13:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
12. JJJamal 20:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
13. Harrypotter 23:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
14. Jeeny ^Talk 18:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
15. Jetamors 18:24, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
16. Rob C (Alarob) 22:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC), esp. interested in history.
17. CJ 19:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
18. Malik Shabazz 22:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
19. Littledrummrboy 16:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
20. Cosprings 21:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
21. Bwyche 17:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC) 17:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
22. SqueakBox 23:26, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
23. Yahel Guhan 02:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
24. WDavis1911 02:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
25. Wiki Raja 04:57, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
26. Da Stressor 23:13, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
27. Claraparks 22:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
28. Scott Free 20:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
29. DeeOlive 00:24, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
30. Themalau 06:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
31. Parkwells 16:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC) interests: Reconstruction,19th c. migrations and US social history
32. Skywriter interests: Journalism, Reconstruction History, civil rights, human rights
33. George100 11:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
34. Blackjays1 (talk) 19:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
35. Portia_ak 14:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
36. Quimbaraquimba (talk) 04:50, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
37. Mizu onna sango15 (talk) 07:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
38. Lquilter - scientists, activists
39. Lizzard - writers, history, civil rights
40. RemoTheDog 14:10, 1 May 2007 (UTC) - African Diaspora, specifically Black Thought in Latin America

[edit] Stubs

Stub categories are meant for stub articles only. An article only belongs in one of the following stub categories if it is directly related to the category. Individuals should not be placed in one of these categories unless they are important to the history and/or culture of Africans, African-Americans or the African diaspora as a whole. Instead they should be placed acording to their nationality and or profession. The number of stub categories should be as minimal as possible.

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[edit] Templates

[edit] Userbox

There is a userbox available for members of this project

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[edit] Project invite

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WikiProject African diaspora is looking for editors to help build and maintain comprehensive, informative, balanced articles on wikipedia related to the cultural contributions of people of African descent all over the world. You are invited to join by adding your name to the list of members at WikiProject African diaspora. Welcome!

[edit] Banner for talk pages

This article is part of WikiProject African diaspora. This WikiProject aims to improve the quality of articles related to topics concerning persons of African descent and their cultures. If you would like to participate in the project, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora for more information. (See: Category:WikiProject African diaspora for more pages in this project.)

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  [edit] Links

  • MoAD - The Museum of the African Diaspora