WikiAfrica is a project designed to Africanize Wikipedia through networking, researches, projects, publications, and events. WikiAfrica contributes both online and offline to Wikimedia projects with texts, quotes, images, audio and video files.
WikiAfrica facilitates
access to information, while encouraging knowledge sharing and archiving. WikiAfrica considers Wikipedia and Wikimedia as an extended international forum, capable of giving Africa a voice and visibility. As a Malian proverb recites, “La Palabre is precious, because in the afterlife there is none.&rdquo The proverb suggests the importance of dialogue, verbal exchange, socialization, and mediation. In this vein, WikiAfrica wishes to expand the content available online on the African continent.