Wiki Loves Africa 2020

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Wiki Loves Africa 2020 – Africa on the Move! or Transportation
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Brief overview

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Wiki Loves Africa (WLA) is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute free media that is relevant to their experience to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia communities (Wikimedia movement), and also make this shared media freely available for the Humankind.

Wiki Loves Africa encourages participants to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and is chosen by the community from a few universal, visually rich and culturally specific topics (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).

The project is a one-month competition which last took place from Feb 15th till April 15th 2020

Wiki Loves Africa particularly encourages participants to contribute media that illustrate a specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and could include any universal, visually rich and culturally specific topic (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).

2014: Cuisine
2015: Cultural Fashion and Adornment
2016: Music and Dance
2017: People at Work
2019: Play!
2020: Africa on the move!

Last news

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2020 National Lead Survey Report
 
2020 WLA Survey Report
 
2019 Organizers Survey Report
Promotional video of Wiki Loves Africa

October 2020

September 2020

Key facts

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The project is run across the whole continent, however, some specific actions (training, communication etc.) are held in some countries with national organisers.

Wiki Loves Africa has achieved much over 6 years:

  • Over 64,000 images collected
  • 8,120 unique submitters
  • Images viewed 520 millions times altogether (Sept 2020)
  • 270+ events in 23 African countries
  • Submitted images viewed 41 million times each month (April 2020);
  • 80%+ of competitors are newbies;
  • Image included in the Journeys Through Our Fragile Heritage exhibition at the UNESCO, Paris; and
  • Wiki Loves Africa’s ISA tool is the Winner of the Best Multimedia Tool Prize at WikiData Conference 2019

Partners and supporters

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