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Wiki Loves Africa brings the continent’s fashion to the world

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First place: “First Afternoon” by Isaac Kaigi

Held in October and November of last year, the Wiki Loves Africa photo competition focused on the continent’s varied fashion traditions from north, south, east, and west.

According to the organizers, “The competition became an unprecedented visual celebration of the universality of fashion and the diversity of traditional and contemporary cultural practices across Africa.”

The winners came from all over the continent—Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, and Algeria. In total, 7,453 images were entered by 734 unique contributors from 51 countries around the world. All were reviewed by a team of judges, who ranked their favorite three; an additional 39 were sent to the community to vote on for their favorite.

This is Wiki Loves Africa’s second annual contest. 2014’s competition, as the blog documented, put the Africa continent’s cuisine on display through freely licensed photos available to anyone in the world, free of charge. These included a stunning photo of a Sudanese woman making traditional kisra bread.

Wiki Loves Africa is supported by WikiAfrica, hosted by the Africa Centre, and was funded in part by a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation.

Second place: “Fashion designer in St Louis in Senegal” by Lucas Takerkart

Third place: “Lady in Yellow, an African head dress in Ghana” by Teemages

Community pick: “Women in haik at the Port of Algiers, Algeria” by Mus52

Ed Erhart is an Editorial Associate at the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Does anyone know the name of the the type of Jewellery the woman in the Community pick is wearing?©Geni (talk) 08:26, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A generic term is beadwork, which also covers other styles from around the world. The type of traditional beadwork in the picture is popular among the Maasai and the related Samburu. It is also called beaded jewelry or bead jewelry, as in "Maasai bead jewelry". --Lambiam 14:49, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting but I wasn't so much looking for the method of manufacture but the term for a chain hung across the forehead.©Geni (talk) 17:46, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure there is an English name, the British Museum refers to something in the same class as a "forehead-ornament",[1] and I suppose it is a species of headband. It is very likely there are names in other languages, for example, Greek, as this type of ornament was traditional there.[2] All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:43, 25 February 2016 (UTC).[reply]

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