Kumusha Takes Wiki is a project that aims at activating communities across Africa to create and contribute freely-licensed information, texts, images and media about their communities (villages, townships, suburbs, inner cities, etc).
It uses community journalism to gather community-relevant information on heritage, culture, notable persons, geographical features, among other things. It gives each community an online presence that is 'owned' by the community, provide information that can be pulled into Wikipedia, Wikimedia projects or OpenStreetMap databases, and it adds immeasurably to the understanding of Africa to every human being on the planet (from the people in the village to the person in New York, Mumbai or Milan). This project gives a public voice to communities across Africa, empowering them to share their own histories and, through training, to acquire valuable and transferable skills.
The project is described in more details on meta.
Kumusha Takes Wiki was conceived by Florence Devouard and Isla Haddow-Flood (WikiAfrica, at the Africa Centre) in 2013.
The project is supported in 2013-2014 by Orange Foundation in Cote d'Ivoire and Uganda within the frame of m:Activate Africa (Orange Foundation).