Africa Day 2023 celebration in Nigeria
Celebrating Africa Day 2023 in Nigeria!
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Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various countries on the African continent, as well as around the world. To celebrate this, we will be having various edit-a-thon to improve, translate and create content related to Africa and its history on Wikipedia.
And starting May 1st 2023, we will launch the Africa Day celebration 10-day contest in Nigeria where different contributors can add/improve content to win prizes. And on May 13, which is the Naija office hour day, we will be announcing the winners. Everybody is invited!!
History[edit]
On 25 May 1963, representatives of thirty African nations met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by Emperor Haile Selassie. By then more than two-thirds of the continent had achieved independence, mostly from imperial European states. At this meeting, the Organisation of African Unity was founded, with the initial aim to encourage the decolonisation of Angola, Mozambique, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia. The organisation pledged to support the work conducted by freedom fighters, and remove military access to colonial nations. A charter was set out which sought to improve the living standards across member states.
The charter was signed by all attendees on 26 May, with the exception of Morocco. At that meeting, Africa Freedom Day was renamed Africa Liberation Day. In 2002, the OAU was replaced by the African Union. However, the renamed celebration of Africa Day continued to be celebrated on 25 May in respect to the formation of the OAU.
Contest[edit]
The contest will be from the 1st to the 10th of May 2023.
The contest is open to all Wikipedia editors from Nigeria and you can contribute in any Nigerian language of your choice including English. To participate you just need to sign up on the participants section.
Please ensure you signup on to the Wikimedia dashboard here for your contributions to count!!
Scoring[edit]
The contest is simple in structure, based on a KISS point system: You get points while improving articles, with the goal for each participant to gain as many points as possible.
- +5 point if you create/translate any article about Africa on any other language Wikipedia.
- +10 points if you create any article about Africa on the English Wikipedia.
Prizes[edit]
The overall prize will be awarded a 50,000 Gift voucher.
The prizes will be awarded to the Wikipedians who have verifiably made the best contributions (see the rules and scoring system).
The Prizes are:
- 1st:50,000 Gift voucher + Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria branded merchandise.
- 2nd: 30,000 Gift voucher + Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria branded merchandise.
- 3rd: 20,000 Gift voucher + Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria branded merchandise.
- 4th-10th: Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria branded merchandise.
List of proposed articles[edit]
The goal of Africa Day 2023 celebration in Nigeria contest is to create and improve Wikipedia articles about Africa. But where to start.
Note that the list is just a tip of where to start but is not limited to this
Click here to refresh the list to reflect the latest changes
Results[edit]
The top results and interesting statistics will be announced here and also announce officially on the Naija Office our session on May 13th, 2023
You have a question?[edit]
You may contact Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, or the coordinator of this project via ayokanmi@wikimedia.org.ng. For urgent response, leave a note here