{"id":6577,"date":"2025-05-21T13:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/?p=6577"},"modified":"2025-06-03T18:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:18:02","slug":"the-journey-from-farm-to-plate-celebrating-the-impact-of-wiki-loves-africa-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/the-journey-from-farm-to-plate-celebrating-the-impact-of-wiki-loves-africa-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey from \u00ab\u00a0Farm to Plate\u00a0\u00bb: Celebrating the Impact of Wiki Loves Africa 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-1000x563-1.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-1000x563-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-1024x576-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-1536x864-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-2048x1152-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-1024x576-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-1024x576-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-1000x563-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-1536x864-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Celebrating-the-Impact-of-WLA-Twitter-2048x1152-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\">Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.m.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:WLA_Photo_Walk_to_Buguma_City_26.jpg#filelinks\">File:WLA Photo Walk to Buguma City 26.jpg<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.m.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Dappasolomon001\">Dappasolomon001<\/a>, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n<p>As the final images were uploaded and the contest officially closed at the end of April, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2025\"><strong>Wiki Loves Africa 2025<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 once again proved what\u2019s possible when community, creativity, and purpose come together to document our collective diversity. This year\u2019s theme \u2014 <strong>\u201cFarm to Plate\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 opened the door for contributors to document Africa\u2019s food systems in all their variety, beauty, and complexity.<\/p>\n<p>From fertile farms to busy kitchens, street food stalls to family dinners, the entries submitted showed that African food is more than sustenance \u2014 it\u2019s culture, history, resilience, and care.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Campaign by the Numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The numbers tell the story of a campaign that reached across the continent and delivered real impact:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>30,544<\/strong> media files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>30,398<\/strong> images<\/li>\n<li><strong>132<\/strong> videos<\/li>\n<li><strong>14<\/strong> audio recordings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Submissions from <strong>45 Wikimedia communities<\/strong> across <strong>34 African countries <\/strong>by <strong>876 participants<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>12<\/strong> trainings and webinars\u2014organised by the international team, and hosted by experts in their fields\u2014to build participant skills and improve submission quality.<\/li>\n<li>Dozens of <strong>local trainings, photo walks, workshops,<\/strong> and <strong>uploading sessions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>These contributions didn\u2019t just hit volume \u2014 they brought depth. Contributors captured meaningful moments, traditions, and environments that reflect the realities and richness of African food journeys.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stories Behind the Stats<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Submissions featured everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Harvesting_Jasmine_by_Hand.jpg\"><strong>harvesting jasmine by hand<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>in Egypt, to the preparation of beloved dishes like <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Afang_Soup_Preparations.webm\"><strong>Afang soup<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nri_ogaranya.ogg\"><strong>Nri Ogaranya<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>echoing the preparation of ukwa<strong>, <\/strong>a popular nigerian dish.<\/p>\n<p>The submissions showed farmers tending land, vendors at market, hands washing cassava, and families sharing meals. They didn\u2019t just document food, <strong>elevated stories of the labour, tradition, and love behind each bite<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And for the first time at this scale, contributors leaned into <strong>video and audio<\/strong> to bring a multi-sensory layer to their stories \u2014 the sound of oil sizzling, the clatter of market stalls, the laughter of shared meals. These stories resonated not just locally, but continent-wide.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Training That Made It Possible<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A big part of what made this year\u2019s campaign so successful was the <strong>series of 12 webinars and trainings<\/strong> hosted by organizers throughout March and April. These sessions focused on:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How to upload media to Wikimedia Commons<\/li>\n<li>Best practices for photography, video, and sound quality<\/li>\n<li>How to tell compelling stories through visual media<\/li>\n<li>Licensing and copyright essentials<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cFarm to Plate\u201d theme and how to document it meaningfully<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The goal wasn\u2019t just participation \u2014 it was <strong>empowered participation<\/strong>. And that showed in the quality and originality of the uploads.<\/p>\n<p>These valuable resources are available to watch on our YouTube channel. For a full list of training activities and links, check the Training Event Calendar on the<a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2025\/News\"> Wiki Loves Africa 2025 News page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s Next?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An international jury of veteran Wikimedians, photographers and filmmakers will review the submissions and select the international winners in the multiple prize categories for photography, video and audio. <strong>Winners will be announced in August 2025 at Wikimania in Kenya<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit: File:WLA Photo Walk to Buguma City 26.jpg by Dappasolomon001, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. As the final images were uploaded and the contest officially closed at the end of April, Wiki Loves Africa 2025\u00a0 once again proved what\u2019s possible when community, creativity, and purpose come together to document our collective diversity. This year\u2019s [\u2026] &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/the-journey-from-farm-to-plate-celebrating-the-impact-of-wiki-loves-africa-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Journey from \u00ab\u00a0Farm to Plate\u00a0\u00bb: Celebrating the Impact of Wiki Loves Africa 2025<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6579,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,65,112,56,109,46,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-narrative","category-african-photography","category-news","category-photography","category-video","category-wiki-in-africa","category-wiki-loves-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6595,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577\/revisions\/6595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikilovesafrica.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}