Wikipedia:The AfroLit Project
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The Afrolit Project is a dynamic WikiProject dedicated to fostering the inclusion and enrichment of Wikipedia articles and entries pertaining to African literature; authors and their works, whether in Africa or in the Diaspora. This collaborative effort aspires to rectify the existing gaps in knowledge representation, ensuring that the significant contributions of these intellectuals are duly recognized and celebrated. By pooling resources, knowledge, and expertise from diverse corners of the globe, Afrolits, aims to create a comprehensive, well-researched repository of information that highlights the achievements, innovations, and legacies of African writers.
Vision
editTo close the huge content gaps and improve on the systemic bias in African continent by increasing the visibilities of African writers and their works. This will be done by making: articles, citations, images and data, about the historical and contemporary African writers and their works to be available in different languages.
Overview
editThe literatue industry in Africa is huge; from Nigerian literature to the literature of: Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt. All of these very active literature industries are poorly represented on Wikipedia, as the available information about them is very scanty and difficult to access. The AfroLit Project aims to fix this problem, by encouraging Wikipedians to help in improving the coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the literature of Africa, African countries, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Focus will include variety of interests, such as: Contemporary literature articles, literature history articles, biographies of relevant personalities (especially women), articles about books, images of relevant subjects and personalities, etc. This project is designed to use literature to help bridge the content gap on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, as well as to improve on the awareness of these projects and the overall movement in African countries.