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Open Foundation West Africa (OFWA)’s Africa Wiki Challenge is an initiative designed to generate and enhance African content on Wikipedia, with a particular focus on issues that are central to the African continent’s history, development, achievements, and ongoing struggles. The annual competition strives to enhance information about Africa on Wikipedia and its sister projects.

Often, African-related articles on Wikipedia are either stubs or lack videos or photos to provide visual context and enhance credibility. This inadvertently diminishes interest in reading existing African-related articles on Wikipedia. It's evident that Africa as a whole faces a notable deficiency, particularly in terms of content representation on Wikipedia.

This year marks another exciting chapter in our journey to amplify Africa in the online information space. As we embrace the digital age, the fifth edition of the contest invites participants from across the continent and diaspora to join us in this initiative to expand and enrich the representation of Africa and African-related content across the World Wide Web, especially on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. For far too long, Africa’s rich history, diverse cultures, and ongoing struggles for justice and reparations have been underrepresented or misrepresented in global digital spaces.

Happening from May 25th to July 31st, 2025, the Africa Wiki Challenge is empowering individuals and communities to contribute to the world's largest repositories of free knowledge by sharing insights and contributions that will lead to a better understanding of our continent across borders.

Theme

In 2025, the Africa Wiki Challenge will focus on the theme "Reclaiming Our Narrative: Justice for Africans and the Diaspora through Reparation", aiming to address the historic injustices of colonialism, slavery, and systemic exploitation while advocating for reparations for Africa and its Diaspora. This year’s theme aligns with the African Union’s movement for justice and reparations and aims to amplify the voices of those impacted by historical and contemporary injustices.

The initiative seeks to enrich global understanding of reparations and elevate the voices of Africans and their descendants through the creation and enhancement of content on Wikipedia, focusing on the historical, social, and political realities that shape the reparations debate.

Gallery

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  Gold statuettes by The Ashanti Empire & Kingdom of Mapungubwe
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  Pottery, Mangbetu - African objects in the American Museum of Natural History
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  African Art, Yombe sculpture, Louvre
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  National Museum: African Art - special exhibition
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  Ethnological Museum Berlin 29
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  Mask, Krahn peoples, Liberia
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  Central Africa- Mother & Child Figure
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  African Gallery British Museum
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  National Museum: African Art
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  African Art - Smithsonian Institution
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  African Art, Louvre
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  National Museum: African Art
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  African Art at the British Museum

Focus Topics

• Number of African countries that have formally demanded reparations.
• Estimated financial value of resources extracted from Africa during colonial rule.
• Number of African artifacts still held in foreign museums.
• Countries that have issued formal apologies for slavery and colonialism.
• Number of successful reparation cases worldwide.
• Amount of wealth lost due to the transatlantic slave trade in today’s currency.
• Number of African nations offering citizenship to diaspora communities.
• Percentage of African diaspora populations seeking repatriation.
• Number of universities offering courses on reparation and historical justice.
• Number of institutions benefiting from slavery and colonialism that have acknowledged their role.
• Financial commitments made by former colonial powers toward reparations.
• Number of educational programs dedicated to African history and reparation.
• Number of African-descendant communities still facing economic discrimination.
• Percentage of global wealth controlled by former colonial empires.
• Number of international treaties addressing reparation and historical justice.
• Amount of funding allocated for African cultural and historical preservation.
• Number of lawsuits filed for reparations by African and diaspora communities.
• Estimated number of people enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade.
• Number of organizations actively advocating for African reparations.
• Number of African languages at risk due to colonial legacies.
• Heritage sites in Africa especially those with colonial ties.
• Evolution of governance in Africa countries and the Diaspora: from slavery to elections.
• Evolution of justice/ judicial systems in Africa and the Diaspora.

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