File:LDC Ghana 2026 official logo.svg. Image by Suyash Dwiedi via Wikimedia Commons ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ).

The very first Wikimedia Language Diversity Conference , organized by the Wikimedia Language Diversity Hub (LDH), Wikitongues , and Wikimedia UK, in collaboration with the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group , was held in Accra, Ghana, between 2 and 4 October 2026. Its theme was “Strengthening Language Communities in the Open Knowledge Movement”. Over 100 participants were present from six continents of the world, scholars and self-sponsored alike. From Day 1 to Day 3, there were different topics of impact discussed by speakers involved in language promotion, activism, research, and/or documentation of cultural heritage.

Day 0

I left Kaduna, my city, on Thursday, October 1, 2026, to join my colleagues, Benedict Udeh and Agnes Ajuma Abah, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja , from where we flew to Accra, Ghana, at night.…