Wikiup:Projektdiskussion/16WikiWomen
Invitation to help improve and translate in other languages 16 biographies about African women
Sorry für Englisch. Bitte helfen, diese Nachricht übersetzen
In the run up to International Women’s Day on the 8th March, m:Wiki Loves Women is having an on-Wikipedia translated drive #16WikiWomen : m:16 African Women Translate-a-thon
The idea is for Wikipedians to take 16 days to translate the Wikipedia biographies of 16 notable African women, into at least 16 languages (African and/or international languages).
The articles to be translated will be the biographies of African women. The list of language can be, but is not limited to:
- International languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, German
- African languages: Akan, Afrikaans, Igbo, Hausa, Wolof, Tswana, Zulu, Xhosa, Shona, Swahili, Yoruba, Sudanese, Amharic, Tsonga, Ewe, Sesotho, Chichewa
The list of the 16 women biographies that will be translated are:
- w:en:Malouma, a Mauritanian singer, songwriter and politician
- w:en:Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, a South African politician.
- w:en:Cri-Zelda Brits, a South African cricketer
- w:en:Anna Tibaijuka, a Tanzanian politician and former under-secretary-general of the United Nations
- w:en:Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian women’s rights activist
- w:en:Flora Nwapa, a Nigerian author who writes predominantly in Igbo
- w:en:Samia Yusuf Omar, a sprinter from Somalia
- w:en:Maggie Laubser, a South African painter
- w:en:Fatima Massaquoi, a pioneering educator from Liberia
- w:en:Frances Ames, a South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist
- w:en:Asmaa Mahfouz, a Egyptian activist. The best version is currently in Arabic : w:ar:Asmaa Mahfouz
- w:en:Yaa Asantewaa, the legendary former Queen Mother of Ghana
- w:en:Fatou Bensouda, a Gambian lawyer
- w:en:Martha Karua, a Kenyan politician
- w:en:Chinwendu Ihezuo, a Nigerian professional footballer
- w:en:Nassima Saifi, a Paralympian athlete from Algeria
Please jump in! Whilst all those articles already exist in English, you may improve them... or you may translate them into another language you know, or you relay the project in other linguistic communities.
If you wish to participate, please feel free to add your name and any comments here : m:16 African Women Translate-a-thon/participants
Results will be tracked on this page : m:16 African Women Translate-a-thon/tracking
Danke :)
