Igbo Wiki Fan Club, Imo State University

The Igbo Wiki Fan Club, Imo State University, Owerri is an affiliate of the Igbo Wikimedians User Group and Wikimedia Fan Clubs. It is a user group consisting of both staff and students of the university with the main purpose of promoting Igbo language, culture and open knowledge through the various Wikimedia projects. This club is situated within the University Campus and members include students and staff members of the university. The club is coordinated by an elected executive with the support of the fan club patrons (who are members of the university) and the Igbo Wikimedians User Group (IWUG). The club is aimed at promoting the Igbo culture and language, as well as leveraging digital education and the 21st-century skills acquisition through the Wikimedia projects by organising campaigns and training.

The objectives of the club also include imbuing in the minds of the members the importance of indigenous language and culture; grooming young minds and enthusiastic Wikimedians among the students and staff of IMSU; promoting all body of knowledge, including the knowledge of the African culture, values and heritages as well as the African local identities. The club also sets out to integrate Wikimedia activities into the school curriculum and promote life-long learning.

This fan club aimed to achieve its set objectives by hosting several projects and events such as edit-a-thons, GLAMs, Wikipedia Education programs and related projects, which aim to promote Wikimedia projects within and outside the institution. The club will plan Wikimedian Ambassador program that rotates among the student on yearly basis. The selected person shall be the face of Wikimedia in the school. The club partners and collaborates with other non-governmental and governmental bodies to promote open knowledge.

Objectives

To initiate, support, promote, and participate in projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
To create, organize, develop, and engage in activities that promote free, responsible open-content resources and reference materials in English and Yoruba languages where there are existing communities.
To collaborate, cooperate, network, and associate with Hubs and Fan Clubs of Wikimedians as well as with institutions, organizations and individuals to promote the free culture movement.
To facilitate programs that will achieve these listed above.