Of all of the millions of subjects you can read about on Wikipedia, subjects relating to Africa have the least coverage. This is due to a number of reasons, but mainly because many people do not know that they can donate their images, videos and audio to Wikipedia.

We need your help to visually celebrate the richness, diversity and beauty of Africa.

The theme for the contest is... People at Work.

Please, document all manner of occupations that are undertaken across the African continent - these can be formal and informal, contemporary or ancient, business-oriented or creative.

There are several prizes to grab. Including two special prizes for photo essays that capture Women Working or Rare, Fading or Threatened Traditional Crafts, Styles or Way of Working.

The 2017 contest is officially closed. Thank you all for your participation ! International winners have been announced !!! Check it out on Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2017/Winners. Congratulations to winners and all those who participated and organised events. More national winners are yet to be announced. Also... check out the best images. You may follow us on Facebook to know more !

What is Wiki Loves Africa?

When does it take place

The 2017 competition started on 1st October 2017 and closed on 30th November 2017.

Important: due to upload technical issues on the 30th of November, uploads will be accepted on the 1st of December

Winners were announced in March 2018.

What prizes are up for grabs?

1st prize: US$600

US$600 2nd prize: US$400

US$400 3rd prize: US$200

US$200 Organizer price: US$200

US$200 Photo Essay Prizes : Women Working US$200

US$200 Photo Essay Prizes : Rare, Fading or Threatened Traditional Craft, Style or Way of Working [1] US$200

Additional prizes in each category: a Wiki Loves Africa powerpack + t-shirt

Competition scope : examples to get inspired

The theme calls for photographs, videos and audio files that document all manner of occupations undertaken across the continent - formal and informal, contemporary and ancient, business-oriented and creative.

Competition rules

Images submitted to the Wiki Loves Africa contest may win prizes! There are a few rules to respect for the images to be eligible.

Rule 1: All photos must be taken by the person submitting them. They can be either self-uploaded or uploaded during a registered mass upload session.

All photos must be taken by the person submitting them. They can be either self-uploaded or uploaded during a registered mass upload session. Rule 2: Uploads can only be done from the 1st of October 2017 to 30th of November 2017. You can enter media that was taken at any time, even historical photographs (as long as you own the copyright on these photographs), but they must be uploaded during those dates.

Uploads can only be done from the 1st of October 2017 to 30th of November 2017. You can enter media that was taken at any time, even historical photographs (as long as you own the copyright on these photographs), but they must be uploaded during those dates. Rule 3: Images must be free of watermarks or embedded signatures to be eligible. All entries will automatically be submitted under a free licence such as Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA 4.0) (or in the public domain). Read more about the cc-by-sa license here.

Images must be free of watermarks or embedded signatures to be eligible. All entries will automatically be submitted under a free licence such as Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA 4.0) (or in the public domain). Read more about the cc-by-sa license here. Rule 4: All eligible pictures will be categorised under Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2017, this will be automatically assigned during the upload process. (Feel free to add other relevant category descriptions to make the images more usable.)

All eligible pictures will be categorised under Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2017, this will be automatically assigned during the upload process. (Feel free to add other relevant category descriptions to make the images more usable.) Rule 5: Participants must enable e-mail on Wikimedia Commons so they can be contacted should their image be chosen for a prize.

Notes on video

Other files, such as audio and video, are welcome. For videos, please submit files in the following formats:

.ogg

.ogv

.webm

Due to complex intellectual property rights issues, Wikimedia Commons can not accept video content that is submitted in any other format. A helpful 'how to' guide on how to convert video media into these formats can be found here on Wikimedia. It is suggested that you upload video content one video at a time.





Jury

Born in Cape Town in 1962, David Brazier studied photography at the Harare Polytechnic after which he travelled extensively with his camera. In the early 1990’s he founded a small professional studio in Harare focusing on architectural, environmental and development assignments and worked as a stringer for Agence France Press in Harare. His architectural work has been published in the New York Times, the International Ove Arup Journal and the Architectural Review. His photos have been featured in the Zimbabwean Review journal, Revue Noire, the cover of TIME Magazine (Africa), National Geographic Africa, Claiming Landscapes, Warscapes, Ogogii magazine. [2]

Doris Anson-Yevu aka Kafui is a Ghanaian photographer and social entrepreneur. She is the founder of Photowalk Ghana and works as Programme Manager at Impact Hub Accra. Find her work on Flickr. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.

Habib M'HENNI is a long time Wikipedian and Wikimedia, amateur photographer, and contributor to Wikimedia Commons. He is very actively involved in Wikimedia Tunisia User Group. He also was a member in Wiki Loves Africa Jury in 2014 and Jury in 2015. Contact: http://about.me/habibmhenni

Ibtihel ZAATOURI is a Tunisian photographer and a French language teacher. She created an ONG of Tunisian photographers in 2012 in Tunisia and participated in many exhibitions. Her photos are published on the cover of the German newspapers DW and Ijab magazine also in web journals. Her photographs can be found under her Flickr channel.

Jacques KOUAO is a professional photographer who, with bloggers and friends, decided to visit various cities of Ivory Coast in search of these men and women that provide real and pragmatic solutions to the problems of their communities. The story of their adventures since January 2015 is available on helloafrika.net. Jacques is also co- founder of the Wikimedia User Group Ivory Coast.

Michael Maggs is the Chair of Wikimedia UK and is an administrator and bureaucrat on Wikimedia Commons. He has been a keen photographer for many years. Examples of recent projects to record theatre and opera performances can be found here and here.

Sebastiaan Ter-Burg is a photographer and videographer that releases most of content under a CC BY license through Flickr and Vimeo. Some of that material is available on Wikimedia Commons. He worked as project manager cultural cooperation at Wikimedia Nederland from February 2013 until April 2015.