AfroCrowd

AfroCrowd
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Formation2015; 7 years ago (2015)
FounderAlice Backer
Websiteafrocrowd.org

AfroCrowd (stylized as AfroCROWD) is an initiative to create and improve information about black culture and history on Wikipedia. The New York City-based project was founded by Alice Backer in 2015.

Founding

Alice Backer in 2015

Some observers have noted a dearth in content pertaining to sub-Saharan African history on Wikipedia. In 2015, lawyer Alice Backer founded AfroCROWD. Backer launched AfroCROWD to, "rectify Wikipedia's lack of articles about black history and black culture." According to Backer the aim of the project is to, "give people of color opportunities to do more than participate in and consume social media."

Strategies and tactics

AfroCROWD Manager Sherry Antoine talked with German Wikipedia editor Sebastian Wallroth at WikiConference North America 2018 in Columbus, Ohio for podcast WikiJabber

AfroCROWD hosts edit-a-thons and talks across the metropolitan New York area. They have partnered with other organizations such as the Haiti Cultural Exchange and Haitian Creole Language Institute to host these events.

AfroCROWD seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent who actively take part in the Wikimedia and free knowledge movements.

A related organization to Afro-Crowd is the Black Lunch Table.[citation needed]

See also


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