Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora

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WikiProject African diaspora aims to improve all articles related to the cultural contributions of people of African descent all over the world. The African diaspora is the story of how Africans, though scattered and dispersed, managed to preserve cultural traditions while, at the same time, reinventing their identities in places outside Africa.

Shortcut: WP:AFRO

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Contents 1 Peoples of the African Diaspora 2 Current Goals 3 Notes 3.1 Article Assessments 4 Deletion discussions 5 Recognized Articles 5.1 Featured articles 5.2 Good Articles 5.3 Did you knows 6 New articles 7 Articles recently added to the project 8 Project participants 9 Stubs 10 Templates 10.1 Userbox 10.2 Project invite 10.3 Banner for talk pages 10.4 African Diaspora 10.5 African American 10.6 Culture 11 Links

[edit] Peoples of the African Diaspora

• African Americans
• Africans in the United States
• Afro-Arab
• Afro-Argentines
• Black British People
• Afro-Brazilians
• Black Canadians
• Afro-Cubans
• Afro-Latin Americans
• African Filipinos
• Afro-Germans
• Afro-Mexicans
• Afro-Peruvians
• Afro-Trinidadian people
• Afro-Turks
• Maroons
• Siddi

and more...

[edit] Current Goals

edit · history · watch · refresh  To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora:

Here are some tasks you can do: Requests: Dhamal dance, Flambeaux, Afro-French, Athiesm in the African diaspora, David Crosthwait, Jr., William Warrick Cardozo, Samuel Lee Kountz, Jr., E. Luther Brookes, Lloyd Noel Ferguson, James A. Harris, Elgy S. Johnson, African Americans in Film, List of black college football classics; [1], Institute of the Black World, Black Renaissance of DC[2] Verify: African American, Black people, Soul food, Molefi Kete Asante, Convict lease, Ghetto Cleanup: Great Migration (African American), African aesthetic, Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor, Afro-American music, Black flight, Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question (done/renamed 9Jan09) Expand: Music of the African diaspora, Historically black colleges and universities, Islam in the African diaspora, African textiles, Emancipation Day, Ring shout, Ethnic enclave Stubs: Category:African diaspora stubs, Category:African history stubs, Category:Africa stubs, Category:African American stubs NPOV: Black Panther Party, Black power, Race and intelligence, Reparations for slavery, African Publishers Network, Crown Heights Riot Other: Upkeep of the African Diaspora project page, Article Assessments [edit] Notes ^ This task is not to create the list but to create the articles that are linked on the list. ^ see here.

[edit] Article Assessments

Project Afro assessments needs your help. You can:

• Assess articles (it's ok if you're not 100% sure about where you place an article.)
• Work on top importance articles first (especially the ones that aren't at least B class)
• Expand African Americans in Davenport, Iowa. Suggestions are welcome regarding what should be inlcluded.

African diaspora articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA		4	7	2	1	14
	FL			2	1		3
	GA		5	4	6	2	17
	B	10	41	50	24	5	130
	C		5	12	6	5	28
	Start	9	31	95	85	43	263
	Stub	4	13	44	94	115	270
	List				2	3	5
	Assessed	23	99	214	220	174	730
	Unassessed		1	1		235	237
	Total	23	100	215	220	409	967

[edit] Deletion discussions

All deletion discussions relevant to this wikiproject will be held at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Ethnic groups or Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Africa

[edit] Recognized Articles

[edit] Featured articles

Of the more than 1,300 Wikipedia articles on subjects treating the African diaspora, less than one percent have achieved featured article status. Among them are:

African American literature
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha
Barack Obama
Black Seminoles
British African-Caribbean community
Janet Jackson
Malcolm X
Mariah Carey
Michael Jackson
Music of the Lesser Antilles
Rosewood massacre
Shotgun house

[edit] Good Articles

African American culture
African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska
Alan Keyes
A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights
Black church
Black Hebrew Israelites
Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic
James McCune Smith
Mary McLeod Bethune
Music of Barbados
Rainbow/PUSH

[edit] Did you knows

[edit] New articles

[edit] Articles recently added to the project

• W. E. B. Du Bois
• George Washington Carver
• Lauren London
• Howard Nathaniel Lee

[edit] Project participants

To join this project add your name here!

1. futurebird 05:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
2. Szvest - ^{Wiki me up ®} 10:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
3. Zleitzen 11:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
4. --Toussaint 19:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
5. deeceevoice 19:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
6. Kynn 03:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
7. Sluzzelin 06:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC) (focus on music, but interested in every aspect)
8. Muntuwandi 00:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
9. Optimale ^Gu 17:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
10. Abeg92contribs 20:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
11. Theangryblackwoman 13:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
12. JJJamal 20:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
13. Harrypotter 23:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
14. Jeeny ^Talk 18:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
15. Jetamors 18:24, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
16. Rob C (Alarob) 22:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC), esp. interested in history.
17. CJ 19:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
18. Malik Shabazz 22:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
19. Littledrummrboy 16:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
20. Cosprings 21:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
21. Bwyche 17:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC) 17:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
22. SqueakBox 23:26, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
23. Yahel Guhan 02:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
24. WDavis1911 02:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
25. Wiki Raja 04:57, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
26. Da Stressor 23:13, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
27. Claraparks 22:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
28. Scott Free 20:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
29. DeeOlive 00:24, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
30. Themalau 06:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
31. Parkwells 16:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC) interests: Reconstruction,19th c. migrations and US social history
32. Skywriter interests: Journalism, Reconstruction History, civil rights, human rights
33. George100 11:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
34. Blackjays1 (talk) 19:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
35. Portia_ak 14:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
36. Quimbaraquimba (talk) 04:50, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
37. Mizu onna sango15 (talk) 07:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
38. Lquilter - scientists, activists
39. Lizzard - writers, history, civil rights
40. RemoTheDog 14:10, 1 May 2007 (UTC) - African Diaspora, specifically Black Thought in Latin America
41. Fclass 17:20, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
42. APK ^{like a lollipop} 05:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC) (historical buildings and churches in Raleigh and Washington, D.C.)
43. LizConno
44. WikiGuy86 03:49, 23 October 2008 (UTC) — Film main area of expertise, though interested in other aspects.
45. BhangTheory (talk) 19:12, 15 November 2008 (UTC)-- Interests & Expertise: Social Psychology, Writing and World Literature.
46. Ecoleetage (talk) 13:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
47. Wikid77 (talk) 08:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
48. trudat2000 interests/expertise: social movements, black power & nationalism, violence directed against african americans
49. Moni3 (talk) 12:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC) North American civil rights

[edit] Stubs

Stub categories are meant for stub articles only. An article only belongs in one of the following stub categories if it is directly related to the category. Individuals should not be placed in one of these categories unless they are important to the history and/or culture of Africans, African-Americans or the African diaspora as a whole. Instead they should be placed according to their nationality and or profession. The number of stub categories should be as minimal as possible.

Do Not subst the templates or hardcode stub categories into the article.

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[edit] Templates

[edit] Userbox

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[edit] Project invite

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WikiProject African diaspora is looking for editors to help build and maintain comprehensive, informative, balanced articles on wikipedia related to the cultural contributions of people of African descent all over the world. You are invited to join by adding your name to the list of members at WikiProject African diaspora. Welcome!

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[edit] Links

• MoAD - The Museum of the African Diaspora