WikiIndaba conference 2021/Bukky658/Report

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Participant

Bukky658

My Experience

WikiIndaba provided me with a unique opportunity to learn from, share with, and network with Wikimedians in Africa and the Diaspora. It was insightful with a plethora of new project ideas that promote open knowledge and open access.

Using AirMeet Platform: I could not access the conference via mobile phone as it kept logging me out and it GUI was restricted to only web application. Also , the web application was data consuming.

I presented my session at the main Conference: Wiki GLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State I shared my report on the Wiki GLAM awareness and training for Librarians in Kwara State project to expose new and existing Wikipedians to the strategy used in creating awareness on the various Wikimedia products/projects that Librarians in Kwara State can adopt to promote media and information literacy, and open access to information for library patrons in Kwara State. I highlighted the project goals, action points and outcome of the awareness campaign.

Sessions attended and Learning points

1. Africa Indaba Diaspora: Rethinking and Resetting Knowledge Sharing on Africa in the 6th Region of the African Union, the Diaspora I learned the importance of knowledge sharing between Africa and the African Diaspora.
2. Maryana Iskander's Listening Tour I listened to Maryana Iskander and Wikimedians as they share their thoughts about their vision, mission, and strategy? - What motivates them to contribute to projects and participate in the community?- How Wikimedia impact them? - and the possible ways of working together globally.
3. The Bais Quiz It was a live interactive quizz in English related to bias.
4. Exploring Wikivoyage to improve travel information about the African continent I learned about the Wikivoyage project , how it was organised in the past and how African Wikimedia communities can harness the opportunities it provides.
5. Wikimedia and African Libraries: envisioning future pathways I learned about how these engagements scaled across borders, within communities and in different settings, and most importantly used new pathways for promoting the building of structural equity in opening up knowledge about Africa.
6. Education Wikipedia in African Libraries: milestones attained, challenges and outcomes I learned about the milestones attained, the challenges of training information professionals in large numbers, the success stories of the project, collaborations and community building as well as lessons for African wikimedians who wish to embark on running trainings across borders will be highlighted.
7. Wiki Loves Women Focus Group Panel discussion I gained insight about the project ideas, guidance, skills transfer and mentorship for each Focus Group Member and their future plans on gender-equity programme within their community to implement the programme.
8. Plans for the revitalization of the endangered indigenous African languages: A look at the roles of Wikimedia projects in language preservation Language enthusiasts across the movement brainstormed on the role of Wikipedia and its sister project in supporting various activities, channelled at preserving indigenous languages.

Connections made

I connected with some participants during the conference who were Wranglers.

Outcome

Has a useful outcome of Wiki Indaba 2021 for the Wikimedia movement and African Wikimedians, I am currently working on a project to create visibility for Libraries and notable librarians in Nigeria on Wikidata; I am also part of the trainee of trainers for the reading Wikipedia in the classroom program by the Wikimedia Education Team; and I am delighted to share that, I will be presenting my topic once again at the next Wranglers Mozillafestival 2022 as my proposal got approved for a presentation at the conference come 7-10 March 2022, to connect with others around the world who have a single mission: for a better, and healthier internet.