Event:International Day for the People of African Descent, 2024

Overview

Video about the International Day for People of African Descent

The International Day for People of African Descent is a United Nations initiative aimed at acknowledging and safeguarding the rights of individuals of African descent all over the world as a unique group. This Day is celebrated annually on 31st August. This observance seeks to highlight the significant contributions of the African diaspora globally and combat all forms of discrimination against them. International days embody shared societal values, emphasizing that every human being is born free and equal in dignity and rights, with the potential to positively impact their communities. Any ideology of racial superiority is scientifically unfounded, morally unacceptable, socially unjust, and harmful, and must be rejected.

Schedule

• Date: 30th August - 2nd September 2024
• Time: 10.00am -02.00pm WAT
• Venue: Nnamdi Azikiwe University Campus

Project Details

This project aims to bridge the Igbo language gap on Wikidata by translating descriptions and aliases of items related to African Descent into the Igbo language. A to-do list will be provided for both the in-person event and the contest.

you can reach out to the facilitators for more details:

• Kingsley Nkem
• Olugold
• Bibisuccess
• Macocobovi

Resources

• Video
• To-do list: this is a Wikidata query generated list of 5,000+ items, the items that have been edited will automatically be removed from the list

Outcome

The event continued online for 2 more days after the in-person meeting. Participants were excited to contribute to wikidata and their contributions resulted to a total number of 3,420 edits and 1,160 items edited. Participants that contributed the most were rewarded. Learn more: Event dashboard

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