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Project core team[edit]

Some of the members of the project core team in a group photo with Faniyi Fadare Eleripin, a Yoruba herbalist during the Audiovisuals of Yoruba Indigenous Vocations production in Iseyin
Audiovisuals of Yoruba Indigenous Vocations behind the scenes photos
  • Mikaeel Sodiq - Project coordinator: I hold a Bachelor's degree in Adult education with specialization in Yoruba language. I am an online Yoruba content creator for facilitating learning of Yoruba by ceeating cartoon illustration for toddlers, youth and adult on the internet using digital Imagining and Reclaiming methods see: Abínibí Digital Concept on YouTube . I am the President of the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group. I am a production manager for at least two awareness campaign videos, Afrocuration Campaign video produced in collaboration with the Moleskine Foundation and a Short Wikipedia Documentary for Wikipedia 20. I am going to be in charge of all the logistics planning, including hotels booking, car hiring, locations management, production crew management, and the time-management at every location.
  • Isaac Olatunde - Program design and outreach: Isaac Olatunde is a native speaker of Yoruba language, Yoruba Wikipedia sysop, expert in copyrights, open knowledge advocate, and project manager with experience in volunteers management and retention. He was a former member of the Individual Engagement Grant Committee and Project Grant Committee, Wikimedia Foundation. Isaac is the founder of the #WPWPCampaign, and member of the WMF's Leadership Development Working Group. In 2020, he was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
  • Tunde Oladimeji – Producer/Director: Oladimeji is a versatile and notable Nigerian documentary filmmaker, actor, director and television presenter, known for pioneering documentary film in indigenous language in Nigeria. Oladimeji is the producer of Yoruba Heritage Documentary series. One of the documentary series, Ibadan was nominated in the best documentary category at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards. He would be responsible for managing the audiovisuals production from pre-production stage to post-production stage.
  • Dansu Peter - Documentation officer: Dansu Peter is a Yoruba language expert and active member of the Yoruba Wikipedia with over 200 articles created on Yoruba Wikipedia. He holds a Bachelor of Art degree (BA) in Yoruba and he will be working on this project as a production assistant.
  • Olaniyan Olushola – Advisor: Olushola is a financial management expert and former asset management consultant to the First Bank of Nigeria. Shola is the Chair, Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc., and a member of the WMF's Affiliations Committee. He has lead and managed over 50 Wikimedia programs/projects that focus on advocacy, community organising, capacity building, partnership-building and volunteers management. He is the producer of several Wikimedia advocacy radio show. He is the project manager of the Nigerian Language Oral History Documentation Project
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