Dear All,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the first virtual office hours for the Africa Wiki Challenge http://awc.ofwafrica.org/ (AWC).

The virtual office hours are periods dedicated to attend to the needs of anyone participating or interested to learn more about the AWC campaign. The office hours will be hosted via Google Meet once every week on Fridays as listed below.

Why is it important to attend?

The virtual office hours provide you the opportunity to connect with others across different time zones to share ideas and have your questions addressed. It also provides a unique opportunity for you to learn and increase your knowledge about Wikipedia and its sister projects.

Who is eligible to attend?

Participants, organizers, partners, editors, as well as anyone who is interested to learn more about the AWC campaign.

Virtual Office Hours via Google Meet

Kindly join any of the virtual office hours by clicking any of the meeting link below:

- Friday 21st May, 2021 5pm-6pm UTC https://meet.google.com/gnv-zjau-eiy -

Friday 28th May, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC https://meet.google.com/ntg-tdgh-znw -

Friday 3rd June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC https://meet.google.com/njh-vrrs-hup -

Friday 11th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC https://meet.google.com/dbi-rzdv-piw -

Friday 18th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC https://meet.google.com/zkh-qmwc-omu -

Friday 25th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC https://meet.google.com/vwb-xdao-okf

What the Africa Wiki Challenge (AWC) is about!

The Africa Wiki Challenge http://awc.ofwafrica.org/ is an online writing campaign that is aimed at generating African-related content on Wikipedia by Africans, people of African descent and Africans in the diaspora. The campaign invites content creation along different selected topics/themes annually, this year focuses on “Landmarks in Africa'' and runs from 23rd May to June 30th 2021.

The theme, Landmarks in Africa, solicits written content on the many landmarks that cover historical, cultural, geographical and places of national or continental significance. The campaign will also encourage visualisation of these articles by adding/uploading photos, audios or videos. Such items or landmarks of interest include:

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Monuments - Statues, Memorials, Historic buildings, Archaeological sites, etc. -

National Demarcations - Districts, Municipalities, Metropolitan, Regions, States, etc. -

Geographical Endowments - Mountains, Valleys, Forests, Waterfalls, Wildlife Reserves, Beaches, etc. -

Infrastructural Developments - Roads, Hospitals, Churches, Mosques, Schools, Rails, Water parks, Hotels, Theme parks, etc.

Africa is the second (2nd) largest continent on the planet, and very little information about it means the lack of visibility for a substantive chunk of human knowledge and history. We are convinced that Africa deserves to be substantially covered and definitely has a lot to showcase to the world.

Visit the Africa Wiki Challenge http://awc.ofwafrica.org/ website for more information.

Thank you.

Regards,

Ruby