Wikipedia talk:List of missing Africa topics

Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway

I just created this article, prompted by the list of missing Africa topics, only to find when I'd finished that a much fuller version already exists under the title "Régie du Chemin de Fer Abidjan-Niger". The title of the existing article is in French, which is inappropriate in an English Wikipedia and can easily lead to this kind of reduplication. Also it is misleading because the word "régie" refers to state control, whereas the railway has been in the private sector for the past 25 years. I therefore recommend that the two articles be merged and the English title retained. Gnangbade (talk) 09:16, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Update: the articles have now been merged, following discussion on the relevant page Gnangbade (talk) 07:48, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Stubs

I've gone ahead and put Igala and Imbangala back on the list, as they have only one sentence each to their names; it seems a shame to remove them until we at least have a stub. If this strikes anyone else as inimical to the spirit of this list, though, I'd be happy to remove them again. --Dvyost 06:04, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It was I who removed them, figuring that they wouldn't be lost since the stub templates place them in some category. But I'd say leave them on the list, after all: the more visible, the better the chances they'll expand. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 06:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed a number of stubs, but have included a link to Category:Africa stubs in the article's introduction. --(Mingus ah um 22:04, 27 May 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Some assumptions?

Can we assume that Recadaire de Behanzin is Behanzin and St. Lois is Saint-Louis, Senegal? There seems to be a number of these with archaic spellings, which may explain why they're left.T L Miles 21:11, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're likely right. It's probably worth creating redirects and deleting the items from this page. — Brian (talk) 00:10, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about the first one. This webpage lists le Recadaire Behanzin as a newspaper, actually. Picaroon (Talk) 00:30, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, that's clearly the newspaper! named after the leader. I'll see if I can dig up more (I know so little about Benin/Dahomey, or Togo for that matter...)T L Miles 13:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For the western-trained, educated local elite (called Dahomeens) on the other hand it took the form of newspaper campaigns demanding modifications rather than revolutionary changes in their way of life. Some of the popular newspapers included Louis Hunkarin’s Le Messager Dahomeen, started during the First World War and le Recadaire Behanzin. Although their tactics appeared very subtle, their critique of the French and its resultant success rate was remarkable, a situation only comparable to that of the Senegalese

It appears now to be known as just "Le Recadaire": is that creole, or just a neologism? All the info I can find is http://www.panos-ao.org/spip.php?article10124 and list of Benin Media says that a Hunkarin is still director. I fear it will take a trip to the NYPL for me to get much more...T L Miles 13:35, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Primary School: first Calls for Articles!

Hi everybody, I'm quite excited to announce the first two articles selected to kick-start the content phase of the Wikipedia Primary School project! This research project focuses on the South Africa primary school curriculum: the involved teams have selected a list of 100+ relevant articles which will undergo review (or creation) by Wikipedians, scholars/experts, or journals. We thought that involving the Wikipedia community was the obvious first step in the process, which is going to last for the next couple of years. So the articles we'd like to suggest for creation are:

Makhonjwa Mountains;
Stone-walled town of Kaditshwene.

Please see the project pages for more information and instructions, and thanks in advance for your invaluable help. Best, --Elitre (WPS) (talk) 13:06, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tagbaladougou Falls, Burkina Faso

Is this the same location as Cascades de Karfiguéla otherwise know as Banfora Falls or Karfiguela Falls? This page seems to indicate so.Gnangbade (talk) 15:33, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kabre-Losso

I have deleted this topic from the list, because the name is meaningless. "Kabre" is an archaic spelling for Kabiye; no current linguists or anthropologists use it. "Losso" is a vague local term, never employed by linguists or anthropologists, to refer, confusingly, to both the Nawdm and the Lamba people. The Kabiye, Nawdm and Lamba are three distinct ethnic groups, each with their own language (and Wikipedia pages). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnangbade (talk • contribs) 16:34, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]