Hi Naa2Darkoa, Is there a persistent homepage for the project? I would love to see your documentation and work in progress?
Cheers, Alex On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 6:45 PM Yvonne Darko <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > The Wikimedians of Twi Language is a community of Ghanaian editors. The > team seeks to increase and improve content in the Twi language about Akan > and Ghanaian culture on English Wikipedia, WikiCommons and Wikidata. The > community is currently running a project dubbed the African Fabric Project > . > > The aim is to create individual articles for each design on English > Wikipedia, Wikidata items on WikiData also for each design, WikiCommons > entries of images of the designs as well as the pronunciation of the > Ghanaian given name and a translation for each article on Twi Wikipedia. We > realized there was a rich heritage behind the naming of the fabrics most of > which portrayed Akan proverbs metaphorically. As the research developed, we > observed that these designs held multiple names notable across other > African countries. > > Examples of such designs are Leaf Trail - known in Ghana as Ahwenepa Nkasa > and the Ivory Coast as Feuile-Feuile; and Fish Scales - known in Ghana as > Abɛ, in Nigeria as Akpirikpa azu and in South Africa as Bijenkorfje. > > Thus, I write on behalf of the Wikimedians of Twi Language to call for > your help to make this project a success. We would appreciate it if you can > help with credible references you have on the individual fabric designs and > uploads of the pictures of the designs unto WikiCommons or uploads of usage > of the designs by notable personalities or in notable scenarios either in > Africa or anywhere else in the world. These would help give weight to these > articles and credence to their notability in our African Heritage. > > > We look forward to your support and assistance. > > Regards, > > Naa2Darkoa > > (Wikimedia username) > > > PS: Did you know the Fabric design known by name as Akyikyidie akyi in > Ghana translates into Tortoise back - metaphorically saying one is > resilient and tough as the shell of a tortoise. It is known in other > African countries as Masque and Grand Bassam. Did you know this fabric was > used as the exercise wear of Semmi in the movie *Coming to America, 1988*. > It was used in the scene where Semmi was training with Eddie Murphy, the > Prince Akeem. > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list -- > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > -- Alex Stinson Lead Program Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter: @sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects create calls to action to invite new contributors through campaigns: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns
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