Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Documenting the Drums and Musical Instruments in Nigeria

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This project aims to document the history and sound of drums and musical instruments in Nigeria on Wikipedia through a combination of audio and visual materials. Drums are an integral part of every culture and history, particularly in many Nigerian communities as they play an important role in various aspects of life from ceremonies and music production.

There is less information specifically about the drums associated with nigerian culture on wikipedia, there is a need to bridge the knowledge gap through digitally available high-quality audio and images of the drums instruments in use. At such, the project will feature a comprehensive document of various images and 20-40 seconds audio recordings of drums in use with master drummers and volunteers.

To achieve project goals, it will collaborate with the Association of Professional Drummers of Nigeria ( Ibadan chapter) and Afin Ilu (Palace of drums) in preserving and archiving the legacy and heritage of these sound instruments.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

• Wikicommons
• Wikidata

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

• Full name: babajide James
• Email address:obaonibuore23@gmail.com
• Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

• Individual

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

Start date: October 6th, 2023

End Date: October 25th, 2023

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

1. Add and improve wikidata
2. Upload on Wikicommons

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

A series of photo documenting of drums with members of the association, and including Oral documentation and upload session.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I will announce on the Wikimedia Nigeria user group about the project on WhatsApp

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

We have formally engaged the Association of Professional Drummers of Nigeria executives and other participants involved.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

I will be leading this team in the role of a project manager

User:Ayodelerance who will act as the curator Will also be getting supports from an experienced researcher and a volunteer photographer.

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

The team has the necessary skills to carry out this project successfully as well as support will be compensated to the participants(Professional Drummers) for the effort during the duration .

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

There will be post activities engagements

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

The project will indirectly improve the awareness of what makes up the sound and music genres in africa. The culmination of our efforts will be the upload of these images to Wikimedia Commons, making them accessible to a global audience and contributing to the collective knowledge of humanity's diverse heritage.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events: 1
2. Number of participants: 9
3. Number of new editors: 3
4. Number of of uploads  : 100+
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): not decided yet

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? The Wikipedia events outreach dashboard will be used to track this project metrics

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

1. Obawinner:Researcher and has worked on wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia Reading in classroom, Wiki Right for healthy enviroment. He will manage the project.
2. Ayodelerance :experienced wiki editor and contest winner based in LASU Ojo campus: assisting on curating doocuments.
3. Olajesu: will work on photo and videography

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

1. Team transport and logistics - 40000
2. Camera Rent - @5000 x 1 x 4days = N20,000
3. videography and audio recorder @10000 x 1 x 4days = N40,000
4. T-shirt - @5000 x 4 members= N20,000
5. Feeding - @2000 x4 members x 4days = N32000
6. Accommodation - @10,000 x 2 rooms x 4days = N80,000
7. Identification Tag - @1000 x 4 members = N4,000
8. support for Professional Drummers in form of branded wiki merchandise : 5000 X 9 = N45000
9. Internet Support - N20,000
10. contigency- N10,000

• Total - N311,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• User:ayodelerance I will be endorsing this project as it aims is crucial in archiving the history and knowledge of drums and sounds on wikimedia