WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Indaba Diaspora: Rethinking and Resetting Knowledge Sharing on Africa in the 6th Region of the African Union, the Diaspora

ID : Diaspora
Speakers : Sherry Antoine MPA, Executive Director, AfroCROWD.org/ Wikimedia User Group, acclaimed Dr. Krista Johnson, Director of the Howard University Department of African Studies, Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, Howard University World Languages & Cultures lecturer and DaQuan Lawrence, SMOOTH Inc.	Time block: Wednesday 4 November 2021	Start : 13:30
	Location : Room A	Duration : 55 minutes
Description : An AfroCROWD.org Wikimedia User Group workshop with African Wiki Indaba participants, HBCU students and speakers across the Atlantic on the importance of knowledge sharing between Africa and the African Diaspora. Guest speakers, the acclaimed Dr. Krista Johnson, Director of the Howard University Department of African Studies, Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, Howard University World Languages & Cultures lecturer and DaQuan Lawrence, SMOOTH Inc. This event is ahead of a proposed edit-a-thon with African and African Diaspora students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)in the United States during Wiki Indaba hosted by AfroCROWD, with the Howard University Department of African Studies, Howard University and Morgan State University students and Strong Men Overcoming Obstacles Through Hard-work Inc. (SMOOTH Inc.). The hope is connect students in the diaspora with Wikipedia editors in the African region. This commences a greater effort at the universities to train students in Wikipedia and Wikidata editing, in an effort to contribute to information about Africa and it's diaspora. We will begin with guest speaker Dr. Krista Johnson, Director of the Howard University Department of African Studies, and Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, Howard University lecturer on World Languages & Cultures. Next, we are joined by African students and others in a discussion about the importance of the African Wikimedia community in African knowledge sharing directly from the continent and connection with those working to close data gaps on Africa and related topics.		Themes : Partnership
		Tags : African Diaspora, Inclusion, African Wikimedians, Africa-related projects
		Notes : #WikiIndaba2021_Diaspora