Jump to content

AfroCreatives WikiProject/gu

Add links
From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
This page is a translated version of the page AfroCreatives WikiProject and the translation is 3% complete.
Outdated translations are marked like this.
Other languages:


AfroCreatives WikiProject
The AfroCreatives WikiProject (ACWP) seeks to support and mobilize African cultural and creative industry stakeholders and cultural enthusiasts from across Africa and the diaspora to contribute and enhance knowledge on Wikipedia about Africa’s creative economy and cultural contributions.

Only an estimated 1.5% of Wikipedia’s contributors and 15% of its contributions originate from the continent, and just 5.5% of all geotagged Wikipedia articles across all languages are related to Africa. In the U.S., fewer than 1% of Wikipedia’s editor base identify as Black or African American.

(Wikimedia Community Insights Report 2020).

ACWP was launched with an initial focus on African Film and Television, serving as a foundation for learning and future growth across other cultural and creative industries. In 2026, ACWP is expanding its scope to include African fashion, literature, and photography, alongside film.

ACWP is spearheaded by The Africa Narrative (TAN), a non-profit working to empower African creatives and strengthen Africa's cultural soft power.

Calendar of events 2025-26

ACWP+film 2025 Edit-a-thon activities
In the lead up to the ACWP+film edit-a-thon campaign scheduled from 2nd August - 30th September, 2025, the following activities are scheduled:

Train-the-Trainer workshops

  • અંગ્રેજી: શનિવાર, ૨૬મી જુલાઇ
  • ફ્રેન્ચ: શનિવાર, ૨૬મી જુલાઇ
  • અરબી: શનિવાર, ૨૬મી જુલાઇ

Wikipedia workshops
All campaign participants are encouraged to attend a Wikipedia training workshop.

i. Online workshops:
The online workshop, Mastering the Essentials of Contributing Film & Television Content to Wikipedia, is offered in one format: It's split into two sessions over two days. To accommodate as many people as possible, including those from the diaspora, multiple workshops are scheduled.

ii. Local training sessions

  • Where: Cities across Africa (A list of participating local Wikimedia communities will be listed in July).
  • Dates: Starting in August
  • Language: Based on local context

ACWP+film 2025 Edit-a-thon

  • 2 ઓગસ્ટ 2025—30 સપ્ટેમ્બર 2025

More details

2026

ACWP Campaign

  • September: Month-long campaign covering African fashion, film, literature and photography.

ACWP Commons drive

4th quarter: Wikimedia Commons workshops aimed at cultural and creative industry stakeholders held on site at key events covering film, fashion, literature, and photography. Details forthcoming

Scope

AfroCreatives WikiProject +film

The inaugural focus of the AfroCreatives WikiProject was focused on African film with the aim to:

  • Build capacity within the African film industry to contribute knowledge to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
  • Increase African-generated content about the continent’s film sector on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects through a network of community organizers.
  • Generate awareness and interest among the general public on Wikipedia as a source of valuable information on the African film industry.
  • Use this first ACWP to learn how best to expand activities into other creative sectors.

ACWP+film launched its first campaign in July of 2022, featuring edit-a-thons in Nigeria, Rwanda, and Senegal. In 2024 the initiative expanded with a 16-country campaign in partnership with Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Africa’s largest film festival, and other partners that included national film authorities, industry guilds and associations, and US embassies.

Key outcomes of the 2024 campaign included:

  • Number of organizing communities: 20 (from 16 African countries: Benin Republic, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Ghana, Guinea-Conakry, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Sudan, Togo, and Tanzania)
  • Number of events organized: ૩૦
  • Number of editors: ૨૨૯
  • Number of Wikipedia articles created: ૬૨૦
  • Number of Wikipedia articles improved: ૬૬૦
  • Number of Commons uploads: ૨૯૩

In 2025, ACWP+film continued to expand its reach with a Wikipedia edit-a-thon campaign from 2 August to 30 September in over 2 dozen countries. [results forthcoming]

In 2026, ACWP activities—including its anchor campaign—will broaden its coverage of African cultural and creative industries to include fashion, literature, and photography, alongside film. The ACWP program will also launch a dedicated Commons drive in the fourth quarter.

The ACWP Commons drive will be carried out in collaboration with organizers of key cultural and creative industry events serving African fashion, film, literature and photography. The onsite workshops, targeted at creative industry stakeholders, aim to enrich the visibility of these industries through improved image representation on Wikipedia.

An October 2024 survey conducted by ACWP of over 2,580 articles of African actresses, actors, and directors on English Wikipedia found that:

  • Less than a third (29%) of articles have an image
  • 1 in 4 (43%) had a low-quality image
  • Almost a quarter (23%) have an image over 10 years old

Connect with us

The African Narrative

Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=AfroCreatives_WikiProject/gu&oldid=30518761"