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Wiki Loves Africa 2022 Winners & 2022 ISA Drive
Wiki Loves Africa 2022: Winners Announced!
Wiki Loves Africa is the annual continent-wide competition that shifts the visual narrative of Africa by encouraging people to contribute Africa-relevant photos, video, or audio to Wikimedia Commons. The 2022 theme was Home&Habitat, and judging by the 16,265 entries received, it spoke to creative minds across Africa and beyond.
After months of deliberation, our international panel of jurors created a shortlist of the Top 20 images. You can watch this video presentation of the Top 20 on Wiki in Africa's YouTube channel here] or to the right.
From this shortlist, the jury has chosen the following exceptional images, a photo essay of Windows and a heartfelt video as the Wiki Loves Africa 2022, international winners.
Wiki Loves Africa 2022 Photography Winners
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1st Prize US$2000.: A Nubia A Nubia by Summering2018 (Egypt) -
2nd Prize US$1500: Home is my Work by Mohamed Hozyen (Egypt) -
3rd Prize US$1000: Planning Ahead by Ayorinde Ogundele (Nigeria)
Wiki Loves Africa 2022 Video Winner
Wiki Loves Africa 2022 Special Collection Prize
This year a US$750 prize is awarded to a collection of images that tell a story. This year, the jurors felt User:Myousry6666 photo essay Windows Stories was poignant and beautifully executed. See all images from the Winning Special collection.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Wiki Loves Africa 2022 ISA Drive Now On!
The Wiki in Africa ISA campaign, which centres around adding metadata to the images uploaded in the 2022 Wiki Loves Africa competition, aims to address this issue. Our award-winning ISA tool makes adding descriptors to images easy and seamless.
However, in the past, we've noticed some issues with the way people describe images. In response, we've written a Depiction Guideline article to guide people when adding structured data to Wikidata here.
The richness, diversity, and beauty of Africa deserve to be visually celebrated on Wikipedia. YOU can help to do this by describing images for the ISA campaign. Everyone is welcome to participate!
Join the campaign here!
