Hey all,
We just published "Developing a Songhay Wikipedia from scratch: Mohomodou Houssouba" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/developing-songhay-wikipedia/
Many thanks to Victor for profiling, as well as to everyone for editing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Literary scholar Mohomodou Houssouba's plans for a Songhay Wikipedia • Mohomodou Houssouba on his plans for an offline, Songhay-language Wikipedia • "To have a Wikipedia in Songhay, that could be made available offline, would be major for us."
*Facebook/Google+:*
• Though now a literary scholar at the Univeristy of Basel in Switzerland, Mohomodou Houssouba has big plans to benefit those without internet access in Mali. • Mohomodou Houssouba plans to create a new Wikipedia project to benefit the Songhay-speaking Mali population.
thanks, Joe