Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors 2023

Description

In recent years, there has been an increased focus on promoting diverse voices and perspectives in literature, which has led to a greater interest in novels from Nigerian authors. Nigerian Authors and their books not only serve as a form of Education, Entertainment, Cultural Preservation, and Language development but also brings about a significant impact on African literature, culture, and society. A lot of Authors from the Nigerian geographic location are missing from the Wikidata and Wikipedia databases due to lack of visibility, Nigerian books often face difficulties in gaining visibility on a global scale due to a lack of representation and promotion within the international literary community. One of the major issues is that Nigerian authors and stories are often overlooked and underrepresented. This lack of representation makes it harder for Nigerian books to gain visibility and reach a global audience. This project aims to put the subject of Nigerian books and their Authors in the forefront thereby promoting not only Nigerian books but also the cultural background embedded in the books.

This project seeks to go a step further and promote Nigerian Literature and the Authors on Wikidata and Wikipedia and also improve existing Wikidata items and Wikipedia articles.

List of Nigerian Books

List of articles on Nigerian Books

Wikipedia	Wikidata	Wikicommons	What to do
A Man of the People	Q3312551	File:ManOfThePeople.JPG	added relevant citations to this article and expand wikidata item
A Particular Kind of Black Man	Q109127158	File:A Particular Kind of Black Man.jpg	added relevant citations to this article and expand wikidata item
A Small Silence	Q109127440	File:A Small Silence.jpg	added relevant citations to this article and expand wikidata item
A Squatter's Tale	Q47947821	add image	added relevant citations to this article and expand wikidata item

Program Goals

1. Training and recruitment of participants. This training will enable them to create items and edit articles to the best of their capability.

2. Provide the new editors and the existing editors with the necessary tool needed to improve Wikidata and Wikipedia. we will be providing them with all the necessary information they need to participate.

3. Training participants on how to contribute to the various Wikimedia projects that the training focuses on;

• Creating a Wikidata/Wikipedia account.
• Understanding the core content policies and the general editing principles.
• Creating new items on Wikidata and improving articles on Wikipedia.

4. The outreach dashboard will be used to keep track of all contributions made by the editors during the edit-a-thon.

5. Giving out prizes to the Top 4 contributors as incentives to motivate them at the end of the campaign.

Program Execution

1. Mobilizing and sensitizing participants on the various uses of the Wikimedia project and changing their perception of Wikidata, Wikipedia and other sister projects with the help of related associations.

2. Recruiting participants

3. Generating diverse contents

Data-a-thons: This activity will be a series of Wikidata training/data-a-thon to raise awareness about the available data on Literature-related topics in Nigeria to identify the gaps by introducing the participants to Wikidata query service and how to use it to track items. We will also increase awareness of the importance of creating these data as a worklist that will guide participants on how to create /improve items identified. Furthermore, participants will be trained to run queries to know the existing data gap and create and improve items on Wikidata.

Edit-a-thons: We will carry out edit-a-thons to train the participants how to perform minor edits (adding citations, Wikilinks, Category, Infoboxes, and descriptions, among others) on Wikipedia articles related to Literature topics in the Nigerian context.

Registration

[ Register] to join the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom-Nigeria [WhatsApp group] for one-on-one training and support during the program. please note: This program runs from April to June 2023.

How to participate

Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikipedia.

Enroll on the Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors 2023 Outreach Dashboard to track your contributions.

[Sign up] in the participants section on this page.

List of Participants

To participate you need to sign up on the participants section and join the dashboard to track your contributions.

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Resources/List of Articles

Nigerian Books

• Nigerian novel stubs (pages in need of improvement). Petscan query.
• Nigerian English-language novels (Petscan result for pages in need of improvement)
• LGBT literature in Nigeria (Petscan result for pages in need of improvement)
• 21st-century Nigerian writers(Petscan result for pages in need of improvement)

New Wikidata Items/Articles on Nigerian Authors/Books

S/N	Name of Book	Name of Author	Created items
1	When We Were Fireflies	Abubakar Adam Ibrahim	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117472867
2	Babel and Boys	Leonard Ifeanyi Ugwu Jr.	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117465366
3	A Woman Has Many Names	Karimot Odebode	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117466313
4	Devil's Pawn	Kukogho Iruesiri Samson	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117599957
5	Don't Answer When They Call Your Name	Ukamaka Olisakwe	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118120717
6	Rose and the Burma Sky	Rosanna Amaka	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117604940
7	I Am Still With You	Emmanuel Iduma	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117536511
8	Dazzling	Chikodili Emelumadu	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117600055
9	Daughters of Oduma	Moses Ose Utomi	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117600225
10	Stay With Me	Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111383169
11	We Who Sowed Hurt and Beaded Pains	Kukogho Iruesiri Samson	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117478191
12	I Said These Words: A Collection of Poems	Kukogho Iruesiri Samson	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117478075
13	Words of Eros	Kukogho Iruesiri Samson	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117478370
14	What Can Words Do?	Kukogho Iruesiri Samson	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117477870
15	Grief on Painted Sheets	Adedayo Agarau	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117492667
16	PARADOX OF LITTLE FIRES	Jide Badmus	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117241272
17	Flowers and Thorns: A collection of poems	Olowo Qudus	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117661904
18	LUST ALPHABETS	Jide Badmus	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117602372
19	Obaluaye	Jide Badmus	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117602994
20	What Do I Call My Love For Your Body?	Jide Badmus	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117601307
21	The Arrival of Rain	Adedayo Agarau	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117474160
22	For Boys Who Went	Adedayo Agarau	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117474281
23	Mek We Yan	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117493310
24	Ducks & Drakes	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117538115
25	Crossroads & the Rubicon	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117540117
26	Random Thoughts on Poetry	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117542562
27	Twenty Eighteen: ...moving Poetry Vehicle	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117661296
28	Walking Truths	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117662440
29	Abuja Na Kpangba: An Oda Puem-dem	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117665217
30	Beautiful Poisons	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117802965
31	Colours and Borders	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117601014
32	ONE LEG FORWARD, TWO LEG BACKWARD	Eriata Oribhabor	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117628650
33	The Other Names of Grief	Rasaq Malik Gbolahan	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117465092
34	Like Butterflies Scattered About by Art Rascals	Umar Abubakar Sidi	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117625522
35	The Poet of Dust	Umar Abubakar Sidi	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117661761
36	Sacrament of Bodies	Romeo Oriogun	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117687517
37	Nomad	Romeo Oriogun	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117858825
38	The Gathering of Bastards	Romeo Oriogun	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117657249
39	A Love Like This: A Short Story	Abubakar Adam Ibrahim	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111478817
40	The Whispering Trees: Short Stories	Abubakar Adam Ibrahim	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117855709
41	Season of Crimson Blossoms	Abubakar Adam Ibrahim	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48798438
42	A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents	Mary-Alice Daniel	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117837936
43	Hope and Glory	Jendella	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117837830
44	Colloquial Yoruba	Antonia Yetunde Folarin Schleicher	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117834323
45	Yoruba Love Stories	Olola Olabode Ogunlana	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117751718
46	The Quest for the Rare Leaf and other Yoruba Tales	Olola Olabode Ogunlana	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117817109
47	The Rare Leaf: Yoruba Legends and Love Stories	Olola Olabode Ogunlana	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117659307
48	Yoruba Legends	M. I. Ogumefu	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117474121
49	Osun Seegesi	Diedre Badejo	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117812671
50	Ìrèké Oníbùdó	Daniel O. Fagunwa	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113493281
51	Alikanze: An Igbo Folk Tale	Nwakego P. Ihenach	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117711999
52	There's Rice At Home	Mayowa Precious Agbabiaka	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117472080
53	Akuko Ifo Umuaka: 20 Short African Folktales	Chikamgaefe Ahumibe and Chisom Ekomaru	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117469138
54	After God is Dibia	John Anenechukwu Umeh	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117467438
55	Ribar Kishi: Hausa Novel	Haris Aliyu	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117466253
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