Wiki Loves AfroLiterature/Get Involved
1 November – 31 December 2025
Celebrate African Literature
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Join a global movement led by Wikimedia communities!
Whether you're part of a chapter, user group, or WikiProject, this is your opportunity to celebrate and amplify African literature on Wikipedia.
Organizers
- List your community in the list of participating communities.
- Host an edit-a-thon, workshop, or literary Wiki salon.
- Lead outreach in your country, university, or language community.
- Mentor new editors and help them get started.
- Translate or localise campaign materials.
Contributors
- Create or improve articles on African and Afro-diasporic writers, publishers, and literary themes.
- Translate existing articles into your language.
- Add literary data (e.g. books, authors, genres) to Wikidata.
- Upload book covers or author images to Wikimedia Commons.
- Don't forget to use the hashtag #WLAfroLit in the edit summary!
- Note: You need a Wikimedia account to edit. One account works across all Wikimedia projects. Click here to create an account.
Partners & Advocates
- Collaborate with us through libraries, archives, schools, or festivals.
- Share the campaign in your newsletters, classrooms, or social spaces.
- Suggest underrepresented writers or works for coverage.
- Amplify our stories using #WLAfroLit.
- Reach out to help build long-term literary partnerships.