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This Month in GLAM – Volume II, Issue IX, September 2012

Africa report

A month in Africa's GLAMs

The following article is an update of GLAM activity from the last month (and a bit) across the African continent and beyond. The activities listed below have come from the work of two Wikimedia chapters, South Africa and Kenya, and from the WikiAfrica Project.

GLAM content partners sharing knowledge

The GLAM side of WikiAfrica's Share Your Knowledge project has received content and images for upload from its 55 content partners across Africa. The museums under the Western Province Government – Department of Museums are currently competing amongst themselves to expand articles about their institutions. Many of these related articles are being worked on in the WikiAfrica Incubator and shall be moved over to the main site once they are finished.

South African Heritage Institutions Supports Wiki Loves Monuments

Wikimedia South Africa and WikiAfrica have been working to get South Africa's heritage institutions involved in and participating as upload sites for the upcoming Wiki Loves Monuments 2012. The National Heritage Council (NHC), South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA), Western Cape Heritage and City of Cape Town Heritage are all eager to be involved, especially in an upload marathon at local museums. This will involve uploading images to the South African Wiki Loves Monuments page, and thus to Commons, in an event that took place on Heritage Day (24 September), a public holiday. The official launch of the Wikilove monuments was held on 1 September 2012 at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. A total of 1,863 photos of monuments in South Africa were uploaded at the close of the competition on 30 September.

Potential GLAMs - Still in Talks

The following have expressed interest in working as GLAMs with Wikimedia Kenya:

Nairobi Railway Museum have partially accepted to collaborate with Wikimedia Kenya to have their content on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. The senior management requested copies of proposals to review them in detail. Wikimedia Kenya is in discussions on the best way to undertake this project, which would be the first of its kind. A preliminary study revealed that they have none of their collections digitized.
Kenya National Archives are still reviewing a proposal that was sent to them regarding GLAM. Hopefully the results shall be out by the time the next newsletter shall be published.

The following have expressed interest in working as GLAMs with WikiAfrica:

National Museum Malawi
Shimoni Slavery Museum, Kenya
Bamako-London Exhibition, UK/Mali
South African Heritage Resource Agency, South Africa
Name your hood, South Africa
IZIKO Museums of Cape Town (14 museums in the Cape Town area) www.iziko.org.za, South Africa
City of Cape Town Heritage Department
National Herbarium of Tanzania http://vimeo.com/11736032
TARA – Trust for African Rock Art, Kenya, http://www.africanrockart.org
Kuona Trust, Kenya http://www.kuonatrust.org
National Commission of Museums and monuments, Nigeria, http://www.nigerianmuseums.org
Digital Archive,Rock Art Research Institute, Origins Centre, Wits University, South Africa, www.SARADA.co.za

African GLAMs: Cultural Institutions Contributing to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Projects with African Contents

The following GLAMs are at different stages of the Share Your Knowledge path. For in-depth Case Studies of long term partners, please see below, or look at this month's Italy report.

Western Province Government – Department of Museums (in charge of 28 museums in the Western Cape), 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
Seychelles People Defense Forces Museum(SPDF),Seychelles
Sungani Zakwathu Cultural Heritage Promotions, Malawi
Zanzibar National Museum
Short Story Day Africa http://shortstorydayafrica.org/
Phuthidikabo Museum
Mus'art Gallery http://musartgallery.org/
Curate Africa, South Africa http://www.curateafrica.org/
Matengatenga Postal Museum
Hyrax Hill Museum http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/32/22/
Blackitude Museum http://www.blackitude.org/
Uganda National Museum
National Gallery of Zimbabwe http://www.nationalgallery.co.zw/
First Floor Gallery http://firstfloorgalleryharare.weebly.com/index.html
Gambia National Museum http://www.ncac.gm/banjul.html
Abasuba Community Peace museum http://www.abasuba.museum
GALA-Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action http://www.gala.co.za
The Archival Platform http://www.archivalplatform.org
M-Net African Film Library http://www.africanfilmlibrary.com
Out in Africa Film Festival http://www.oia.co.za
Encounters Documentary Film Festival http://www.encounters.co.za
Africa Centre is a cultural platform based in Cape Town supporting and producing cultural projects and initiatives. In 2011 the Africa Centre adopted the CC BY-SA on its online documentation and in November launched a call for a Wikipedian in Residence in charge of contributing to WikiAfrica and coordinating more GLAM outreach in Africa.
- NEW Case study about Africa Centre, in Italian: it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Istituzioni/Africa Centre
doual'art: a cultural non profit organization focussed on contemporary art and urban research in Douala. Since 1991 doual'art produces public art and collects documentation about its city. doual'art provides all of its online documentation in CC BY-SA: project descriptions, artworks descriptions, biographies of artists and experts.
- NEW Case study about doual'art, in Italian: it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Istituzioni/doual'art
Chimurenga is based in Cape Town. The Chimurenga Library is a repertoire of magazines which influenced writing and thinking in Africa; the website is in CC BY-SA.
- NEW Case study about Chimurenga Library, in Italian: it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Istituzioni/Chimurenga
  - Check out this month's Italy report for a summary of these 3 case studies.
Kër Thiossane, an art centre, residency space and training facility based in Dakar. The centre provides training to intellectuals, artists and authors in Dakar on how to contribute to Wikipedia and wiki websites.

GLAMs related to Africa based outside Africa

Fratelli dell'uomo, Padua, Italy http://www.fratellidelluomo.org
african architecture matters http://www.aamatters.nl
VSF-E Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Europa http://www.vsfe.org
Revue Noire http://www.revuenoire.com
Africultures http://www.africultures.com
Sudplanète http://www.spla.pro
Fondazioni4Africa
- Fondazione Cariplo
- Compagnia di San Paolo
- Fondazione Monte dei Paschi
- Fondazione Cariparma
- AMREF ITALIA onlus, in partnership with AMREF Uganda
- AVSI
- COOPI
- CESVI
- Associazione Good Samaritan
- Fondazione Piero e Lucille Corti
- The Permanent Centre for Education
- ACRA Associazione di Cooperazione Rurale in Africa e America Latina
- CISV Comunità Impegno Servizio Volontariato
- COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale
- COSPE Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti
- Istituto di ricerca CESPI Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale
- AST, Associazione dei Senegalesi a Torino (in collaboration with the association Trait d’Union)
- Associazione Stretta di Mano
Africa e Mediterraneo http://www.africaemediterraneo.it
Medici con l'Africa Cuamm http://www.mediciconlafrica.org
Cinemafrica-Africa e diaspore nel cinema http://www.cinemafrica.org
Assaman: Rivista italo-africana http://assaman.info
A-POIS. Art Projects to Overcome Impossible SItes http://www.a-pois.it
Tropenmuseum
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa, Lueven, Belgium http://soc.kuleuven.be/web/home/7/38/nl
Butterfly Works, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Butterfly Works supports WikiAfrica http://www.butterflyworks.org
Artistic collections of Castello Sforzesco - Extra-European Collections, Milan, Italy
Fondazione Alessandro Passaré, Milan, Italy http://www.fondazionepassare.com
COSV, Italy http://www.cosv.org
Epoché edizioni. Italian editor specialized in African literature providing authors biographies and book synopsis in CC BY-SA (texts only).
Festival Cinema Africano Asia e America Latina→w:it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge/Festival Cinema Africano Asia e America Latina. Italian cinema festival specialized in African, Asian and Latin American cinema providing film descriptions, all its catalogues (digital and analog) and biographies of filmmakers and experts in CC BY-SA (texts only).
Festival del cinema africano di Verona. Italian cinema festival specialized in African cinema providing film descriptions and biographies of filmmakers and experts in CC BY-SA (texts only).
Afriradio, Italy http://afriradio.altervista.org
Fondazione ISMU→w:it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Istituzioni/Fondazione ISMU
Fondazione lettera27→w:it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Istituzioni/lettera27
Nirgrizia→w:it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Nigrizia
Officina GRIOT→w:it:Progetto:WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge/Officina GRIOT
Casa Àfrica, Spain.
Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa, now Festival de Cine Africano de Còrdoba. Spanish cinema festival specialized in African cinema providing film descriptions and biographies of filmmakers and experts in CC BY-SA (texts only).
AfricaFilms.tv http://www.africafilms.tv/