WikiAfrica South Africa

WikiAfrica in South Africa has developed a series of initiatives promoted in the frame of WikiAfrica by lettera27 Foundation and the Africa Centre and several of the initiatives in collaboration with Wikimedia South Africa. In 2011 the Africa Centre becomes promoter of WikiAfrica.

Africa Centre (→w:it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Istituzioni/Africa Centre - case study in English) is the main partner for the projects.

Partnerships and institutions involved

In the frame of Share Your Knowledge: Creative Commons and Wikipedia for Cultural Institutions a series of institutions have been involved to release content related to Africa and contribute to WikiAfrica.

Chimurenga Library →w:it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Istituzioni/Chimurenga - case study in English
GALA-Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action http://www.gala.co.za
Out in Africa Film Festival http://www.oia.co.za
Curate Africa, South Africa http://www.curateafrica.org/
Encounters Documentary Film Festival http://www.encounters.co.za
The Archival Platform http://www.archivalplatform.org
Western Province Government – Department of museums - 28 museums in Western Cape Province, South Africa
- Bartolomeu Dias Museum
- Beaufort-West Museum
- Caledon Museum
- Cango Caves Museum
- Cape Medical Museum
- CP Nel Museum
- Drostdy Museum
- Fransie Pienaar Museum
- Genadendal Mission Museum
- George Museum
- Groot-Brakrivier Museum
- Hout Bay Museum
- Huguenot Memorial Museum
- Jan Dankaert Museum
- Koopmans De Wet House Museum
- Montagu Museum
- Old Harbour Museum
- Paarl Museum
- Robertson Museum
- SA Fisheries Museum
- Sendinggestig(Missionary)Museum
- Shipwreck Museum
- Simon's Town Museum
- Stellenbosch Museum
- Transport Riders Museum
- Wellington Museum
- Wheat Industry Museum
- Worcester Museum

Events

Wiki Loves Monuments in South Africa. The event has been co-organised by the Africa Centre within the frame of WikiAfrica.

Content on the Wikimedia projects

WikiAfrica has collected information about public art in Johannesburg within the project Mobile Access to Knowledge: Culture and Safety in Africa. Documenting and assessing the impact of cultural events and public art on urban safety, a comparative international research project which is releasing all its background documentation under Creative Commons attribution share-alike and it is uploading its documentation on the Wikimedia projects.

Culture and Safety in Africa - Johannesburg on Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Culture_and_Safety_in_Africa/Johannesburg