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Wiki Loves Africa

Reclaiming Africa’s visual narrative on Wikipedia

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    • 2025: Farm to Plate
    • 2024: Africa Creates
    • 2023: Climate & Weather
    • 2022: Home & Habitat
    • 2021 : Health + Wellness
    • 2020: Africa on the Move!
    • 2019: Africa at Play!
    • 2017: People at Work
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    • 2015 : Cultural Fashion and Adornment
    • 2014 : Cuisine
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Malawi Initiation
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2024 THEME: AFRICA CREATES!

2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Benin Baptism
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2024 THEME: AFRICA CREATES!

2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Dressmaker
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2024 THEME: AFRICA CREATES!

2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

CONTEST STARTS 1 MARCH 2024
Ghana Hairdressing
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2024 THEME: AFRICA CREATES!

2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Ethiopian Coffee
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2024 THEME: AFRICA CREATES!

2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Cape Town Wedding
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2024 THEME: AFRICA CREATES!

2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Timkat
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Eswatini Princesses
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Peul Tattoo
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Rwanda Dance
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Nigeria Jog
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2024 THEME: AFRICA CREATES!

2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Brushing teeth
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Coffee Ceremony
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Amashyiga_ninkono
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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Ethiopian Priests
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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SA Trad Wedding
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2026 Theme: Rites & Rituals

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WLA26 theme
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Malawi Initiation
Benin Baptism
Dressmaker
Ghana Hairdressing
At home
Cape Town Wedding
Timkat
Eswatini Princesses
Peul Tattoo
Rwanda Dance
Nigeria Jog
Brushing teeth
Coffee Ceremony
Amashyiga_ninkono
Ethiopian Priests
SA Trad Wedding
WLA26 theme
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Thème 2025 : du champ à l’assiette

Début : 1er marsThème 2025 : du champ à l’assiette

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How to enter

Posted on 6th February 202015th January 2025

2026 THEME: RITES & RITUALS

Posted on 6th February 202030th January 2026

Why Wiki Loves Africa

Posted on 6th February 202015th January 2025

Africa’s Largest Photo Contest

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Previous WinnersAnciens lauréats

2025: FARM TO PLATE

2024: Africa Creates

2023: Climate & Weather

2023: Climate & Weather

2022 1st prize A Nubia by Summering 2018

2022: Home & Habitat

2021: HEALTH + WELLNESS

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2020: Africa on the move!

2019

2019: Africa at Play!

2017

2017: People at Work

2016

2016: Music and Dance

2015

2015: Cultural Fashion and Adornment

2014

2014: Cuisine

Global organisational support and funding for Wiki Loves Africa

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Local event partners for Wiki Loves Africa

Partenaires locaux de Wiki Loves Africa
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Sélection des images les plus marquantes d’Afri Sélection des images les plus marquantes d’Afrique : le jury du concours de photographie « Wiki Loves Africa » 2026 https://www.wikiinafrica.org/fr/2026/08/10/choosing-africas-most-powerful-images-wiki-loves-africa-photography-jury-for-2026/
Choosing Africa’s Most Powerful Images: Wiki Lov Choosing Africa’s Most Powerful Images: Wiki Loves Africa Photography Jury for 2026 https://bit.ly/4hUMNqQ
Choosing Africa’s Most Powerful Images: Wiki Lov Choosing Africa’s Most Powerful Images: Wiki Loves Africa Photography Jury for 2026 Read more via the link. #WikiLovesAfrica https://bit.ly/3RL7kUh
The wait is almost over! Behind the scenes, our i The wait is almost over! Behind the scenes, our international jury has been hard at work selecting the most captivating photos, videos and audio submitted to Wiki Loves Africa 2026: Rites & Rituals. 📸🎥🎶 It’s almost time to celebrate this year’s WINNERS! 📅 15 August — mark your calendars Keep your eyes peeled, stay curious, and watch this space. #WikiLovesAfrica #RitesAndRituals #Winners #WikiLovesAfrica2026
As part of the Summer Institute in Computational S As part of the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) in Uyo, Nigeria, Wiki Loves Africa Community Facilitator, Hilary Ogali delivered an engaging session introducing participants to the Wikimedia movement and its role in advancing open knowledge. The session explored how Wikimedia's global community of volunteers collaborates to create free, reliable, and accessible knowledge through projects including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, and Wikivoyage. Participants gained insight into how these platforms support research, education, cultural preservation, and multilingual knowledge sharing. Hilary also highlighted the importance of verifiable information, transparent editing, and open licensing, while demonstrating how Wikimedia's technology ecosystem—including MediaWiki, Wikidata, APIs, structured data, and community-developed tools—enables collaboration, innovation, and the responsible reuse of knowledge. By connecting computational social science with open knowledge, the session encouraged participants to explore how Wikimedia can support research, data-driven inquiry, and knowledge equity across Africa. Thank you to all the participants involved! #SICSS #SICSSNigeria #Wikimedia #OpenKnowledge #ComputationalSocialScience #WikiInAfrica
Belly dancer. Aqua aerobics queen. Poolside specta Belly dancer. Aqua aerobics queen. Poolside spectators. Someone taking it all very seriously. Individually? Great photos. Together? That’s a photo essay. And possibly the most entertaining holiday ever. 😄📸 Already uploaded your Wiki Loves Africa images? Bring them together to tell the full story and enter the Photo Essay Prize. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 July 🔗 https://bit.ly/WLA2026photoessay?utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica All images in this reel were entered into Wiki Loves Africa 2026 by User: Mohamed Shokry Algarnos via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 4.0. #WikiLovesAfrica #PhotoEssay #VisualStorytelling #Photography #AfricaThroughYourLens
One photo says, "I was there." A photo essay says One photo says, "I was there." A photo essay says, "Ohhh... that's what was going on." 😏📸 Turns out those holiday aqua aerobics classes, belly dancing lessons, market mornings and village celebrations have a story to tell. Already entered your photos for #WikiLovesAfrica? Now gather them into a photo essay and tell the whole story. 🏆 Enter the Wiki Loves Africa Photo Essay Prize 🗓️ Deadline: 30 July 🔗 https://bit.ly/WLA2026photoessay?utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica #PhotoEssay #WikiLovesAfrica #Photography #VisualStorytelling #AfricaThroughYourLens All images in this reel were entered into Wiki Loves Africa 2026 by User: Mohamed Shokry Algarnos via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 4.0.
📍 At Wikimania 2026, discover the 12-year journ 📍 At Wikimania 2026, discover the 12-year journey of Wiki Loves Africa at our poster session. More than a photography campaign, Wiki Loves Africa is a proven model for growing communities, expanding African content on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia, and closing knowledge gaps through open licensing. Whether you're an affiliate leader, campaign organiser, emerging user group, GLAM professional, or knowledge equity advocate, this poster offers practical insights, measurable impact, and ideas you can adapt for your own community. Come explore how local communities across Africa have built one of the Wikimedia movement's most loved contests—we'd love to chat! #Wikimania2026 #WikiLovesAfrica #WikiInAfrica #KnowledgeEquity #Wikimedia
📍 At Wikimania 2026, visit the Wiki in Africa p 📍 At Wikimania 2026, visit the Wiki in Africa poster and celebrate our continent-wide projects across Africa. From Wiki Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Women to WikiChallenge African Schools and Wiki Fundi, explore how community-driven projects have activated contributors, strengthened user groups, and helped close knowledge gaps around African representation, gender, and access. Stop by and chat with the team! #Wikimania2026 #WikiInAfrica #WikiAfrica #KnowledgeEquity #Wikimedia #OpenKnowledge

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