Commons:Wiki Loves Africa
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Welcome to the Wikimedia Commons portal for Wiki Loves Africa!
 Wiki Loves Africa is an annual public contest where people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. 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).
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 5 years:
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Editions[edit]
- Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2020, the contest in February and March 2020 around the theme of Africa on the Move (images)
- Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2019, the contest in February and March 2019 around the theme of play (images)
- Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2017, the contest in October-November 2017 around the theme of people at work (images)
- Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2016, the contest in December 2016-January 2017 around the theme of music and dance (images)
- Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2015, the contest in October-November 2015 around the theme of fashion and adornment (images)
- Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2014, the contest in October-November 2014 around the theme of cuisine (images)
Winning pictures in former editions[edit]
2020: Africa on the Move![edit]
Wiki Loves Africa 2020 Winners
1st prize winner: My Homeland by Mohamed Ahmed Yousry (Egypt) User:Myousry6666
2nd prize winner: Bread delivery by bicycle by Abd Elhamid Fawzy Abd Elhamid Tahoun (Egypt) User:Abdo tahoon
3rd prize winner: A Mess by Summer Kamal Eldeen Mohamed Farag (Egypt) User:Summering2018
4th traditional culture winner: Salt transport by a camel train in Ethiopia by Olivier Siret (France) User:LeFnake
Video Prize Winner: Le Transport Lagunaire à Abidjan (STL) réalisé par Bouba Kam’s by Aboubacar Kamaté (Côte d’Ivoire) User:Kamboo19. Link to video
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2019: Play![edit]
Wiki Loves Africa 2019 Winners
1er prix / 1st prize: Yida refugee camp in South Sudanese territory by Marco Gualazzini from Italy
2ème prix / 2nd prize: Peek-a-boo by Summer Farag from Egypt
3ème prix / 3rd prize: Street football one of the most famous games in Africa and boys playing hard and showing their skills and how talent they are by Mohamed Hozyen Ahmed from Egypt
Women in Sport Prize / Prix Femmes et Sport: by Yvonne Youmbi from Cameroun
Culture and Tradition Prize / Prix Culture et tradition: Fantasia by Sofiane Mohammed Amri from Algeria
2017: People at Work[edit]
Wiki Loves Africa 2017 Winners
1st Prize: Gift of the Ocean, Tanzania by User:Yann Macherez
2nd Prize: A man carries a huge hammerhead through the streets of Mogadishu, Somaliland by User:Marco Gualazzini
3rd Prize: Traditional goat herders in Egypt by User:Hassanelsayadd
- Women at Work : Zanzibar seaweeds in Tanzania by user:Rachelclarareed
- Rare or threatened traditional ways of working : The making of thatch in Nigeria by user:Eric Atie
Organizer price to : Glass in Swaziland photo essay by user:Bentaylor13413, in particular
Here we have a team of glass blowers creating wine glasses. As it passes through the various team members the wine glass becomes apparent.
Glass blowing a large terrarium
2016: Music and Dance[edit]
Wiki Loves Africa 2016 Winners
1st Prize: The Kuru Dance Festival at Dqae Qare Lodge, Botswana by SanDanceVR
2nd Prize: A pot and drum seller on his way to work in Rwanda by Tuyizere Nkinzingabo Jean Pierre
3rd Prize: Kiduku dance in Tanzania by Rasheedhrasheed
The 4th Prize (Organisers Prize): Nubian Flute Player by Ahmed Emad H (Egypt)
2015: Cultural Fashion and Adornment[edit]
Wiki Loves Africa 2015/Winners
Another busy afternoon in Kenya by Isaac Kaigi
Fashion designer in St Louis in Senegal by Lucas Takerkart, from France
Lady in Gele, an african head dress in Ghana by Dili Osuhor
Women in haïk at the port of Algiers, Algeria
by Mustapha Brahim Djelloul
2014: Cuisine[edit]
Wiki Loves Africa 2014/Winners
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 User:Alfateh2005 (Mohamed Elfatih Hamadien), from Sudan
Supported by[edit]
Wiki Loves Africa is activated by the Wikimedia community. The competition was conceptualised by Florence Devouard (Anthere) and Isla Haddow-Flood as a fun and engaging way to rebalance the lack of visual representations and relevant content that exists about Africa on Wikipedia and support the WikiAfrica movement.
The 2020 competition is hosted by wikiinafrica.org. It is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events were participants or organizations in : LIST NEEDS UPDATE Wikimedia Algeria, Ivory Coast UserGroup, Cameroon, Wikimedia Tunisie, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Open Foundation West Africa, Wikimedia Morocco, Mali, Uganda, Angola, Bénin, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Guinée, Sénégal, Libya, Botswana, and Zambia.
The 2019 competition is supported by Ynternet.org. It is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events were participants or organizations in : Wikimedia Algeria, Ivory Coast UserGroup, Cameroon, Wikimedia Tunisie, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Open Foundation West Africa, Mali, Uganda, Angola, Bénin, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Guinée, Sénégal, Libya, Botswana, and Zambia.
The 2017 competition is supported by Ynternet.org. It is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events were participants or organizations in : Wikimedia Algeria, Ivory Coast UserGroup, Cameroon, Wikimedia Tunisie, Wikimedia Egypt, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Open Foundation West Africa, Malawi, Mali, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
In 2017, the competition is also supported by Unesco, through its programme Unite4Heritage! [1]
The 2016 competition is supported by Ynternet.org. It is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events were participants or organizations in : Tanzania, Ivory Coast UserGroup, Wikimedia Tunisie, Wikimedia Egypt, Wikimedia Algeria, Cameroon, Uganda, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Ghana User Group, Zimbabwe.
In 2016, the competition is also supported by Unesco, through its programme Unite4Heritage ! [2]
In 2015, the competition was managed by Florence and Isla, supported by the Africa Centre and funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events partners were participants or organizations in : Tanzania, Ivory Coast UserGroup, m:Wikimedia Tunisie, Wikimedia Egypt, Wikimedia Algeria, Cameroon, Uganda, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.
For the 2014 competition, the project was managed by Florence and Isla, supported by the Africa Centre and funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and the Orange Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events partners were participants or organizations in : Ivory Coast, Wikimedia Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana User Group, Malawi, m:Wikimedia South Africa, m:Wikimedia Tunisie, Uganda, Wikimedia Algeria.
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See also[edit]
| WLA home competition by year |  | |
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| Winners | In 2014: International winners In 2015: International winners - Community Prize Selection - In Algeria | |
| Logistics and operations | - Best practices in 2014 - Best practices in 2015 | |
| Media and outreach | ||