The document discusses WikiAfrica, a project aimed at increasing African content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. It provides statistics on contributions from various African institutions between 2011-2012, including 459 articles and 2,993 images uploaded. It also lists numerous African cultural institutions that have partnered with WikiAfrica to contribute content and support the initiative.

1. √ 30’000 African contributions to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects.The WikiAfrica 2012 milestone.

2. © Mounir Fatmi, Les connexions, 2003-2004, installation.

5. creative commons & wikipedia
for cultural institutions
period
1 jun-1oth
nov 2011
For this analysis we considered all new pages
created from the beginning of the proje
Share Yourk Knowledge until the 10th
of November. For the Wikimedia
contributions we considered all the pages
created by the partner in itution in Italian
and English during this period.
contributions to wikipedia
459 articles
860˙302 bytes
One byte is a unit of orage capable
of holding a single chara er.
A text of 1500 chara ers corresponds
to a file of 1500 bytes.
contributions
to wikimedia commons
2993 images
wikipedia templates
Archivio Pietro Pensa
Careof
Cosv
Fe ival del Cinema Africano di Verona
Fe ival del Cinema Africano di Milano
Fondazione Cariplo
Lettera27
Officina Griot
Bytes added by m.Casanova and Marcok
(Wikipedia’s tutors of the proje )
Bytes added by other users
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June July Augu September O ober November
DensityDesign Research Lab-INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano, ShareYour Knowledge, 11/2011, CC BY-SA.

6. DensityDesign Research Lab-INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano, ShareYour Knowledge, 2011-2012, cc by-sa.

7. DensityDesign Research Lab-INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione Cariplo onWikipedia in Italian, 09/2011, CC BY-SA.

8. WikiAfrica 2006. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.
Event: conference/training/workshop
Research
Archives
Wiki Loves Monuments
Notebooks (Detour, myDetour,WikiAfrica special editions)
Presentations and events
2006

9. WikiAfrica 2007. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.
Event: conference/training/workshop
Research
Archives
Wiki Loves Monuments
Notebooks (Detour, myDetour,WikiAfrica special editions)
Presentations and events

10. WikiAfrica 2008. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.
Event: conference/training/workshop
Research
Archives
Wiki Loves Monuments
Notebooks (Detour, myDetour,WikiAfrica special editions)
Presentations and events

11. WikiAfrica 2009. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.
Event: conference/training/workshop
Research
Archives
Wiki Loves Monuments
Notebooks (Detour, myDetour,WikiAfrica special editions)
Presentations and events

12. WikiAfrica 2010. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa.
Event: conference/training/workshop
Research
Archives
Wiki Loves Monuments
Notebooks (Detour, myDetour,WikiAfrica special editions)
Presentations and events

13. WikiAfrica/ShareYour Knowledge 2011. Iolanda Pensa, 2012, CC by-sa. Partnership between lettera27 and the Africa Centre, and ShareYour Knowledge pilot phase.
Event: conference/training/workshop
Research
Archives
Wiki Loves Monuments
Notebooks (Detour, myDetour,WikiAfrica special editions)
Presentations and events
Creative Commons affiliate
2011

14. WikiAfrica/ShareYour Knowledge 2012. Iolanda Pensa, status report with mistakes, 2013, CC by-sa. Status http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge/Institutions
Event: conference/training/workshop
Research
Archives
Wiki Loves Monuments
Notebooks (Detour, myDetour,WikiAfrica special editions)
Presentations and events
Creative Commons affiliate
Orange and Orange Foundation (free Wikipedia on mobile phones)
Brooklyn Museum
Feed My Starving Children
International Institute for
Communication and Development
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
AfricaFilms.tv
Western Province Government – Department of museums - 28
museums in Western Cape Province, South Africa, Bartolomeu Dias
Museum, Beaufort-West Museum, Caledon Museum, Cango Caves
Museum, Cape Medical Museum, CP Nel Museum, Drostdy Museum,
Fransie Pienaar Museum, Genadendal Mission Museum, George
Museum, Groot-Brakrivier Museum, Hout Bay Museum, Huguenot
Memorial Museum, Jan Dankaert Museum, Koopmans De Wet House
Museum, Montagu Museum, Old Harbour Museum, Paarl Museum,
Robertson Museum, SA Fisheries Museum,
Sendinggestig(Missionary)Museum, Shipwreck Museum, Simon's Town
Museum, Stellenbosch Museum, Transport Riders Museum, Wellington
Museum, Wheat Industry Museum, Worcester Museum
Gambia National Museum
Sungani Zakwathu Cultural Heritage Promotions
Postal Museum, Matengatenga, Malawi
Zanzibar National Museum
Phuthidikabo Museum,
Mochudi, BotswanaSeychelles People Defense
Forces Museum (SPDF)
Uganda National Museum
Dataset of administrations in Botswana

15. ShareYour Knowledge and WikiAfrica, status report, http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge/Institutions

17. Michele Casanova, WikiAfrica Report - March 2013, cc by-sa.

18. Michele Casanova, WikiAfrica Report - July 2013, cc by-sa.

20. Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco, Milano,Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

21. The National Archives UK,Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

22. doual’art Douala Cameroon,Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

23. National Gallery of Zimbabwe,Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

24. Erica Litrenta - Elitre, Thank you note, 2012, cc by-sa. Please note that this is only

25. Iolanda Pensa, researcher at SUPSI.WikiAfrica scientific director 2007-2012. io@pensa.it http://iopensa.it
Wikimania Hong Kong, 11 August 2013.
Further reading
www.wikiafrica.org
Share Your Knowledge case study 2012 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge
Institutions involved in Share Your Knowledge http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge/Institutions
Graham, Mark. Wiki Space: Palimpsests and Politics of Exclusion in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute
of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 269-282
Pensa, Iolanda. La bibliothèque de Chimurenga in The Chimurenga Library: An Introspective of Chimurenga Magazine, Cape Town Platform, 2009, pp. 4-6.
van der Velden, Maja. When Knowledges Meet: Wikipedia and Other Stories from the Contact Zone in Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, eds. Geert
Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz, Institute of Network Culture, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 236-257.
Wadhwa, Kul. Free mobile for Wikipedia starts with Orange, 24/01/2012, http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/24/free-mobile-for-wikipedia-starts-with-orange/.
WikiAfrica Primary School Feasibility Study, 2012
Credits
WikiAfrica is a cross-continental collaboration that aims at increasing the quantity and quality of African content on Wikipedia. WikiAfrica is promoted by
lettera27 Foundation and the Africa Centre and developed in partnership with and thanks to institutions and volunteers. WikiAfrica was initiated in 2006 by
lettera27 Foundation in collaboration with Wikimedia Italia.