GLAM/Newsletter/March 2015/Contents/Africa report
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Closing the gap of the Global South
Closure of Wiki Loves Africa contest
Wiki Loves Africa 2014 was a photographic / media contest that encouraged people from across Africa, and beyond, to celebrate Africa’s diversity and cultural richness through images or videos illustrating the theme “cuisine”. The competition took place between the 1st October and 30th November and was accompanied by focus events in eight countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, Tunisia, and Uganda. The project was funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and the Orange Foundation.
By the close of the competition, 6,116 images were entered by 873 unique contributors from 49 countries. Countries with the largest number of contributions were Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Tunisia, Uganda, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa. There were local teams on the ground in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa, Tunisia, Algeria and Uganda. These country teams, made of volunteer groups, hosted 27 on-the-ground events that related to the contest. We were also pleased to see enthusiastic response and high participation levels from countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania that did not have local events in those countries. The project was mentioned in national press in these countries.
Winning pictures
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Nutmeg by Terrence Coombes from Tanzania -
Egyptian grains by Dina Said Eid, from Egypt -
Girls cleaning coffee by Natnael Tadele, from Ethiopia -
Sudanese woman making the traditional baking called "Kisra,
by c:User:Alfateh2005 (Mohamed Elfatih Hamadien), from Sudan
A full report about the project has been published on Commons: WikiLovesAfrica/Results and best practices.
