Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2026 in Ghana

                 

Wiki Loves Africa 2026 in GHana

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Wiki Loves Africa 2026 - March 1^st to April 30^th, 2026

Rites and Rituals Take Photos,Video and Audio to Win Exciting Prizes!

Wiki Loves Africa is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute media that relates to that year's theme to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiki Loves Africa encourages participants to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme for each year. Each year the theme changes. Each year's theme is chosen by the community to be a universal, visually-rich and culturally-specific topics (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc). This years theme is RITES AND RITUALS.

RITES AND RITUALS

The theme Rites and Rituals invites participants to explore the diverse ways African communities mark important life stages, honour traditions, and express their collective identity through symbolic practices. It recognises that rituals are central to cultural expression, shaping how individuals and groups connect with their past, present, and future.

The scope of the theme spans a wide variety of ritual expressions. Rites of passage, for instance, are among the most profound cultural practices. These rituals signify a person’s transition from one stage of life to another and include ceremonies such as birth and naming celebrations that welcome new life, initiation rites that mark entry into adulthood, community membership, or new responsibilities, marriage ceremonies that symbolize union and family building, and funeral rites that honor the dead, mourn loss, and reinforce cultural beliefs about life and the afterlife.

Rites and Rituals opens the competition to a wide range of submissions that reflect human identity and community through life transitions, spiritual practices, cultural traditions, civic expressions, and artistic celebrations. They can be rooted in tradition, contemporary interpretations or a practice that is modern or entirely new. It invites participants to document and share the ceremonies, both intimate and grand, that continue to shape the cultural heartbeat of Africa.

Submissions in this area might capture the intimacy, symbolism, and emotion present in these milestones. Religious rituals are also central to African life, rooted in diverse faith traditions and often deeply symbolic, repeated across generations. They include practices such as prayers, pilgrimages, fasting, ritual sacrifices, offerings, the celebration of life stages, and observances of significant religious holidays and commemorations, from Ramadan to Easter, Christmas and traditional harvest festivals such as the New Yam Festival celebrated by the Igbo people. These expressions reflect not only spiritual devotion but also shared moral and social values that build strong bonds within communities..

To read more about the theme click on the link https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2026/Theme

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are encouraged to submit any photos depicts the theme Rites and Rituals in Ghana between 1st March, 2026 to 30 April 2026. By submitting your photos to the competition, you share images of Farm to Plate themes in Ghana with the world through Wikimedia Commons.

Who Can Participate

Everybody is welcome to participate, Professional Videographer, Professional Photographer or amateur, lover of video or photography, provided you have gadgets to take that beautiful picture, video or audio.

Important Enter images or media must visually capture the theme as it applies to "Africa". To be considered, entries must be submitted under a free license (read about licenses here). Get your camera, take photos of your Africa!

Instructions On How To Participate

You should be in Ghana Accra, Volta Region, Central Region, anywhere in Ghana, Take picture, Video, Audio of anything related to Rites and Rituals and Upload it to Wikimedia Commons. Your picture should not be less than 4 megabyte.

• Do you have a Wikimedia commons Username?.
• If you do not have one, you can kindly Create an account here.
• Take a picture that depict the theme Fame to Plate.
• Uploaded during 1St March to 30Th April 2026;
• Uploaded process with given permission with a CC BY-SA licenseto re-use the image;

Events

• March 1st 2026: launch of international contest
• Local launch date to be announced soon

Prizes

There are several prizes up for grabs, both nationally and internationally.

'The international level prizes are listed here

National level prizes are

• 1st National Prize -
• 2nd National Prize -
• 3rd National Prize -

Statistics

‎585	Images Stats

purge – Data as of 12:54 pm, 16 April 2026

Participate

Find an a scene of Rites and Rituals, take a photo and upload it to Wikimedia Commons, your picture should not be less than 4mb:

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Contact us!

amuzugabrieljoe@gmail.com & commonsphotographersghanauserg@gmail.com for any assistance. For urgent response, leave a note here