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Description

On the 5th of October 2019, we gathered together over 100 learners and teachers to create articles on Wikipedia in indigenous languages, in an event called AfroCuration. Our venue was Constitution Hill’s Old Fort Prison museum. But we also brought the knowledge and activism elements alive for the students by having historical characters there on the day to interact with them. We heard from Justice Edwin Cameron, Joyce Seroke, Adv Ntembesa, Adv Tembeka, and Leon Wessels. We had so much fun, and the learners won lots of prizes.

Theme

Under the theme “We, The People”, the learners added almost 50K words of new content online concerning South Africa’s cultural and political heroes involved in the making of the South African Constitution. 10 sub-themes were created to further organize the editing, with 10 articles in each.

Sub-Themes

• Early voices of resistance
• The Freedom Fighters
• The Legal Giants
• Black Consciousness / Youth of 1976
• Constitutional Thinkers
• The Negotiators
• The Artists
• The Teachers
• The Litigants (Landmark cases)
• The Prisoners

Languages

A total of 6 languages were available to edit in: isiZulu, isiXhosa, shiVenda, seSotho, Afrikaans and SiSwati (language set per article)

Outputs

Dashboard statistics

• Participants: 112
• Articles: 120 articles produced (80 edited from stubs, some users we not tracked on Dashboard)
• Views: 109K (without promotion)
• Words Added: 47.3K

Link to dashboard here

Articles and Links

		Sub-themes
		Early voices of resistance	The Freedom Fighters	The Legal Giants	Black Consciousness / Youth of 1976	Constitutional Thinkers	The Negotiators	The Artists	The Teachers	The Litigants (Landmark cases)	The Prisoners
Articles	1	Princess Emma- isiZulu	Thenjiwe Mtintso- isiZulu	Dumisa Ntsebeza- isiZulu	Barney Pityana- isiZulu	Zola Skweyiya- isiZulu	Leon Wessels- isiZulu	Dumile Feni- isiZulu	Robert Sobukwe- isiZulu	S v Makwanyane- isiZulu	Winnie Mandela- IsiXhosa
	2	Nokutela Dube- isiXhosa	Cheryl Carolus- isiXhosa	Albie Sachs- isiXhosa	Steve Biko- isiXhosa	Pallo Jordan- isiXhosa	Mac Maharaj- isiXhosa	Judith Mason- isiXhosa	Oliver Tambo- isiXhosa	Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie- isiXhosa	Albert Luthuli - isiZulu
	3	Pixley ka Seme- SeSotho	Fatima Meer- SeSotho	Tembeka Ngcukaitobi- seSotho	Murphy Morobe- seSotho	Frene Ginwala- seSotho	Patricia de Lille- seSotho	Pitika Ntuli- seSotho	Tiro Onkgopotse- seSotho	Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development v Prince- seSotho	Joe Slovo- SiSwati
	4	Clement Kadalie- Siswati	Ruth First- SiSwati	Duma Nokwe- siSwati	Tsietsi Mashinini- siSwati	Kader Asmal- siSwati	Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini- siSwati	Marlene Dumas- siSwati	Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan- siSwati	Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others- siSwati	Joyce Seroke- Afrikaans
	5	Charlotte Maxeke- Afrikaans	Phila Ndwandwa- Afrikaans	Yvonne Mokgoro- Tshivenda	Barney Pityana- Tshivenda	Penuell Maduna- Tshivenda	Leon Wessels- Tshivenda	Kim Berman- Tshivenda	AC Jordan- Tshivenda	National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others- Tshivenda	Winnie Mandela- Sesotho
	6	Princess Emma- TshiVenda	Josie Palmer- TshiVenda	Sisi Khampepe- Afrikaans	Steve Biko- Afrikaans	Brigitte Mabandla- Afrikaans	Mac Maharaj- Afrikaans	Dumile Feni- Afrikaans	Robert Sobukwe- Afrikaans	S v Makwanyane	Albert Luthuli- Tshivenda
	7	Nokutela Dube- isiZulu	Albertina Sisulu- IsiZulu	Dumisa Ntsebeza- isiZulu	Murphy Morobe- isiZulu	Zola Skweyiya- isiZulu	Patricia de Lille- isiZulu	Judith Mason- isiZulu	Oliver Tambo- isiZulu	Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie- Afrikaans	Joe Slovo- isiZulu
	8	Pixley ka Seme- Sesotho	Thenjiwe Mtintso- siSwati	Tembeka Ngcukaitobi- isiXhosa	Tsietsi Mashinini- isiXhosa	Pallo Jordan- isiXhosa	Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini- isiXhosa	Pitika Ntuli- isiXhosa	Tiro Onkgopotse- isiXhosa	Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development v Prince- isiZulu	Joyce Seroke- isiXhosa
	9	Clement Kadalie- isiZulu	Cheryl Carolus- SeSotho	Duma Nokwe- seSotho	Barney Pityana- isiZulu	Frene Ginwala- seSotho	Patricia de Lille- seSotho	Marlene Dumas- seSotho	Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan- seSotho	Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others- isiXhosa	Winnie Mandela- seSotho
	10	Charlotte Maxeke- isiZulu	Fatima Meer- isiXhosa	Yvonne Mokgoro- isiZulu	Sibongile Mkhabela- Afrikaans	Brigitte Mabandla- isiZulu	Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini- Afrikaans	Kim Bermam- siSwati	AC Jordan- siSwati	National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others- Afrikaans	Joyce Seroke- Afrikaans

Partners

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Constitution Hill Trust

Wikimedia ZA

Bridge

Fondazione Aurora