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'''''Voir aussi : [[Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2015/fr|En français]]'''''
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===What is Wiki Loves Africa?===
===What is Wiki Loves Africa?===
:Wiki Loves Africa ([http://www.wikilovesafrica.org http://www.wikilovesafrica.org]) is a public annual contest where people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation.
:Wiki Loves Africa ([http://www.wikilovesafrica.org http://www.wikilovesafrica.org]) is a public annual contest where people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation.
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:The 2015 theme is: '''Cultural Fashion and Adornment'''
:The 2015 theme is: '''Cultural Fashion and Adornment'''
:The competition scope is: media that shows representations of cultural dress and fashion; specifically fashion that is defined by local cultural influences and determines cloth, styles, ways of wrapping and hanging, etc. Adornment is also part of the theme, which means that media of culturally defined jewellery, make-up, hairstyles and headdresses, cloths, scarification and tattoos, woven materials, etc. can also be entered.
:The competition scope is: media that shows representations of cultural dress and fashion; specifically fashion that is defined by local cultural influences and determines cloth, styles, ways of wrapping and hanging, etc. Adornment is also part of the theme, which means that media of culturally defined jewellery, make-up, hairstyles and headdresses, cloths, scarification and tattoos, woven materials, etc. can also be entered.

===What prizes are up for grabs?===
* '''1st prize:''' a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 + an Africa-published book + Mystery gifts from the Wikimedia Store + print of the participant winning picture
* '''2nd prize:''' US$300 Amazon gift + an Africa-published book + Mystery gifts from the Wikimedia Store + print of the 2nd prize picture
* '''3rd prize:''' US$200 Amazon gift + an Africa-published book + Mystery gifts from the Wikimedia Store + print of the 3rd prize picture
* '''Community Prize:''' US$200 Amazon gift voucher + an Africa-published book + Mystery gifts from the Wikimedia Store + print of the Community Prize


===Examples===
===Examples===
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File: Lamba raw silk shawl from Madagascar.jpg|Raw silk lamba (shawl), the iconic traditional article of clothing in Madagascar
File: Lamba raw silk shawl from Madagascar.jpg|Raw silk lamba (shawl), the iconic traditional article of clothing in Madagascar
File:Smithsonian Institution Archives - 97-35715.jpg|The Victoria-Transvaal Diamond. Transvaal, South Africa..
File:Smithsonian Institution Archives - 97-35715.jpg|The Victoria-Transvaal Diamond. Transvaal, South Africa..
File:African Waist beads.png|Waist beads worn by African women to communicate sexual desires and matters.
|Waist beads worn by African women to communicate sexual desires and matters.
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Borstsieraad van kralenwerk TMnr 2285-8.jpg|Nguni art. Jewellery of South Africa. Tropenmuseum.
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Borstsieraad van kralenwerk TMnr 2285-8.jpg|Nguni art. Jewellery of South Africa. Tropenmuseum.
File:Ear Plug, Surmi Tribe (10305032883).jpg| Women with stretched ear lobes in Ethiopia
File:Ear Plug, Surmi Tribe (10305032883).jpg| Women with stretched ear lobes in Ethiopia
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File:Congo, hip wraps - Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum - DSC05278.JPG|Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum
File:Congo, hip wraps - Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum - DSC05278.JPG|Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum
File:African Lace VLM 75.jpg|Lustenau Lagos African Lace
File:African Lace VLM 75.jpg|Lustenau Lagos African Lace
File:Girl wearing the traditional dress of Siwa Oasis grinding salt.jpg|Girl wearing the traditional dress of Siwa Oasis grinding salt
File:Tubman&Tolbert commemorative wrap from the 60s.jpg|Commemorative wraps (Pagnes) printed on wax fabric in the 1960s
File:Tubman&Tolbert commemorative wrap from the 60s.jpg|Commemorative wraps (Pagnes) printed on wax fabric in the 1960s
File:Local CAR Fashion (5229128480).jpg|Local Central African Republic fashion
File:Local CAR Fashion (5229128480).jpg|Local Central African Republic fashion
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:* [[user:Kateregga1|Geoffrey Kateregga]]
:* [[user:Kateregga1|Geoffrey Kateregga]]
:* [[User:Bukulu Steven|Bukulu Steven]]
:* [[User:Bukulu Steven|Bukulu Steven]]
:* [[User:Maryam_Mgonja|Maryam Mgonja]]


'''In Ivory Coast'''
'''In Ivory Coast'''
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'''In Cameroon'''
'''In Cameroon'''
:* [[User:Geugeor]]
:* [[User:Geugeor|Georges Fodouop]]
:* [[User:AminouT]]
:* [[User:AminouT|Aminou Ndala Tita]]
:* [[User:Artista_Poetica]]
:* [[User:Artista_Poetica|MacViban Dzekashu]]
:* [[User:UJung]]
:* [[User:UJung|Uwe Jung]]


'''In Uganda'''
'''In Uganda'''
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:*[[user:Eruditescholar]]
:*[[user:Eruditescholar]]




===Results===


{|border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border:1px solid #aaa; border-collapse:collapse"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
! Name of region and<br>territory
! Number of images contributed<br> during WLA 2014
! Number of images contributed<br> during WLA 2015
! % reuse on Wikimedia projects
|- style="background:#eee;"
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|Unspecified country
|style="text-align:right;"|164
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-style="background:#eee;"
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Northern Africa]]'''
|-
|[[Algeria]]
|style="text-align:right;"|86
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Canary Islands]] (Spain)
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Ceuta]] (Spain)
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Egypt]]
|style="text-align:right;"|428
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Libya]]
|style="text-align:right;"|12
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Madeira]]
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Melilla]] (Spain)
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Morocco]]
|style="text-align:right;"|378
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Sudan]]
|style="text-align:right;"|36
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Tunisia]]
|style="text-align:right;"|756
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Western Sahara]]
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-style="background:#eee;"
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Horn of Africa]]''' or '''[[Northeast Africa]]'''
|-
|[[Djibouti]]
|style="text-align:right;"|0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Eritrea]]
|style="text-align:right;"|2
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Ethiopia]]
|style="text-align:right;"|125
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Somalia]]
|style="text-align:right;"|5
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Eastern Africa]]'''
|-
|[[Burundi]]
|style="text-align:right;"|12
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[British Indian Ocean Territory]] - [[Chagos Archipelago]]<br />(United Kingdom)
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Comoros]]
|style="text-align:right;"|0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Kenya]]
|style="text-align:right;"|207
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Madagascar]]
|style="text-align:right;"|24
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Malawi]]
|style="text-align:right;"|79
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Mauritius]]
|style="text-align:right;"|2
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Mayotte]] (France)
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Mozambique]]
|style="text-align:right;"|35
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Réunion]] (France)
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Rwanda]]
|style="text-align:right;"|40
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Seychelles]]
|style="text-align:right;"|0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[South Sudan]]
|style="text-align:right;"|0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Tanzania]]
|style="text-align:right;"|151
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Uganda]]
|style="text-align:right;"|696
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Zambia]]
|style="text-align:right;"|49
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Zimbabwe]]
|style="text-align:right;"|28
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|colspan="6" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;"|'''[[Central Africa]]'''
|-
|[[Angola]]
|style="text-align:right;"|16
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Cameroon]]
|style="text-align:right;"|73
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Central African Republic]]0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Chad]]
|style="text-align:right;"|3
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Republic of the Congo]]
|style="text-align:right;"|2
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Africa&
|[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]18
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Equatorial Guinea]]
|style="text-align:right;"|0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Gabon]]
|style="text-align:right;"|6
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[São Tomé and Príncipe]]0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-style="background:#eee;"
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Southern Africa]]'''
|-
|[[Botswana]]
|style="text-align:right;"|6
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Lesotho]]
|style="text-align:right;"|0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Namibia]]
|style="text-align:right;"|3
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[South Africa]]
|style="text-align:right;"|354
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Swaziland]]
|style="text-align:right;"|1
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-style="background:#eee;"
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Western Africa]]'''
|-
|[[Benin]]
|style="text-align:right;"|8
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Burkina Faso]]
|style="text-align:right;"|16
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Cape Verde]]
|style="text-align:right;"|5
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Gambia]]
|style="text-align:right;"|1
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Ghana]]
|style="text-align:right;"|829
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Guinea]]
|style="text-align:right;"|22
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Guinea-Bissau]]
|style="text-align:right;"|0
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Ivory Coast]]
|style="text-align:right;"|996
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Liberia]]
|style="text-align:right;"|34
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Mali]]
|style="text-align:right;"|10
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Mauritania]]
|style="text-align:right;"|2
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Niger]]
|style="text-align:right;"|16
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Nigeria]]
|style="text-align:right;"|282
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]] (UK)
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Senegal]]
|style="text-align:right;"|181
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Sierra Leone]]
|style="text-align:right;"|15
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-
|[[Togo]]
|style="text-align:right;"|54
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:#eee;"
|Africa Total
|style="text-align:right;"|5889
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="text-align:right;"|
|style="background:#eee;"|
|}
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<small> Source of table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa#Territories_and_regions</small>


=== Links ===
=== Links ===


* [http://wikilovesafrica.org Wiki Loves Africa Website]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20151113170104/http://wikilovesafrica.org/ Wiki Loves Africa Website (Internet Archive link)]
* [[Commons:Wiki Loves Africa/2015 theme ideas]]
* [[Commons:Wiki Loves Africa/2015 theme ideas]]
* [[Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2015/Results and best practices]]
* [[Commons:Wiki loves contest]]
* [[Commons:Wiki loves contest]]


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Latest revision as of 11:35, 3 September 2024

Voir aussi : En français / انظر أيضا: بالعربية

WIKI LOVES AFRICA 2015
The photo contest around Africa,
for 2014 go here

What is Wiki Loves Africa?

Wiki Loves Africa (http://www.wikilovesafrica.org) is a public annual contest where people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Wiki Loves Africa particularly encourages participants to contribute media that illustrate a specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and could include any universal, visually rich and culturally specific topic (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).
The project is run across the whole continent, however, some specific actions (training, communication etc.) are held in some countries with national organisers.

When does it take place and what is the focus theme in 2015 ?

Wiki Loves Africa is a two-month competition which start on the 1st October and ends on the 30th November 2015.
The 2015 theme is: Cultural Fashion and Adornment
The competition scope is: media that shows representations of cultural dress and fashion; specifically fashion that is defined by local cultural influences and determines cloth, styles, ways of wrapping and hanging, etc. Adornment is also part of the theme, which means that media of culturally defined jewellery, make-up, hairstyles and headdresses, cloths, scarification and tattoos, woven materials, etc. can also be entered.

What prizes are up for grabs?

  • 1st prize: a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 + an Africa-published book + Mystery gifts from the Wikimedia Store + print of the participant winning picture
  • 2nd prize: US$300 Amazon gift + an Africa-published book + Mystery gifts from the Wikimedia Store + print of the 2nd prize picture
  • 3rd prize: US$200 Amazon gift + an Africa-published book + Mystery gifts from the Wikimedia Store + print of the 3rd prize picture
  • Community Prize: US$200 Amazon gift voucher + an Africa-published book + Mystery gifts from the Wikimedia Store + print of the Community Prize

Examples

  • Tuareg jewellery
    Tuareg jewellery
  • Raw silk lamba (shawl), the iconic traditional article of clothing in Madagascar
    Raw silk lamba (shawl), the iconic traditional article of clothing in Madagascar
  • The Victoria-Transvaal Diamond. Transvaal, South Africa..
    The Victoria-Transvaal Diamond. Transvaal, South Africa..
  • Nguni art. Jewellery of South Africa. Tropenmuseum.
    Nguni art. Jewellery of South Africa. Tropenmuseum.
  • Women with stretched ear lobes in Ethiopia
    Women with stretched ear lobes in Ethiopia
  • Berber fibules, silver. Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France.
    Berber fibules, silver. Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France.
  • Zulu man with jewellery. Tropenmuseum.
    Zulu man with jewellery. Tropenmuseum.
  • Henna for hair
    Henna for hair
  • Traditional tatoo of Datoga people
    Traditional tatoo of Datoga people
  • A Nuba woman hairstyle
    A Nuba woman hairstyle
  • Burnus from Tunisia
    Burnus from Tunisia
  • The Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People
    The Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People
  • Group of Peul women in Paoua
    Group of Peul women in Paoua
  • African Waxprints, West Africa
    African Waxprints, West Africa
  • Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum
    Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum
  • Lustenau Lagos African Lace
    Lustenau Lagos African Lace
  • Girl wearing the traditional dress of Siwa Oasis grinding salt
    Girl wearing the traditional dress of Siwa Oasis grinding salt
  • Commemorative wraps (Pagnes) printed on wax fabric in the 1960s
    Commemorative wraps (Pagnes) printed on wax fabric in the 1960s
  • Local Central African Republic fashion
    Local Central African Republic fashion
  • Tagulmust in Algeria
    Tagulmust in Algeria

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