Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2019/Nigeria

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Wiki Loves Africa is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute media that relates to that year's theme to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiki Loves Africa encourages participants to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and is chosen by the community from universal, visually-rich and culturally-specific topics (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).

This edition of the contest focuses on "Play". The Ilorin Wikimedia Hub once again organized the Wiki Loves Africa 2019 photowalks, workshops and upload sessions in Ilorin. A major photowalk was also organized through Unilorin Wikimedia Fan Club, which would mark the first time that the university wikiclub is organizing A Wiki Loves Africa event. The response to the Wiki Loves Africa in Nigeria has been great this year again. Nigeria led the continent once again, with over 1,000 images submitted for the contest.

Team

• Sam Oyeyele - Coordinator
• Alaafiabami Oladipupo
• Kenneth Iwelu

Photowalks

There were two major photowalks for Wiki Loves Africa 2019 in Nigeria. The first one happened on the 2nd February 2019. The second One was organized by the University of Ilorin Wiki Fan Club on 16th February 2019.

Participants

1. Alaafiabami Oladipupo
2. Bolaji Alabi
3. Titilayo Aaron
4. Idris Umarfarouq
5. Alaofin Peter Kehinde
6. Michael Chinaka
7. Shehu Fatimah
8. Isaac Oloruntimilehin

• WLA 2019 Photowalks in Nigeria
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Upload sessions

On 22nd and 23rd of February 2019, there were Wiki Loves Africa 2019 upload sessions, which took place at Founders Hub, Ilorin. The events had 19 people in attendance.

Participants

1. Sam Oyeyele
2. Alabi Bolaji
3. Aaron Titilayo
4. Tomori Uriel Idowu
5. Muhammed Abdullateef
6. Korede Ayeni
7. Olusegun Emmanuel
8. Arole O. Abduljalil
9. Tejumola
10. Shehu Fatima
11. Isaac Oloruntimilehin
12. Alarape Sodiq
13. Michael Chinaka
14. Alaofin Peter Kehinde
15. Abdul Hakeem Ogundipe
16. Sanni Al-Hassan
17. Oladipupo Alaafiabami
18. Yusuf Umar-Farouq
19. Kenneth Iwelu

• WLA 2019 Upload-Sessions in Nigeria
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Continental winners

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  1st prize: Yida refugee camp in South Sudanese territory by Marco Gualazzini from Italy
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  2nd prize: Peek-a-boo by Summer Farag from Egypt
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  3rd prize: Street football one of the most famous games in Africa and boys playing hard and showing their skills and how talent they are by Mohamed Hozyen Ahmed from Egypt
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  Women in Sport Prize: by Yvonne Youmbi from Cameroun
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  Culture and Tradition Prize: Fantasia by Sofiane Mohammed Amri from Algeria