GawLab (which means "fast" in
Wolof
Wolof or Wollof may refer to:
* Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
* Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
* The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mal ...
) is a cultural non profit NGO based in
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...
. Its mission is to trickle and customize the use of IT in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
and it focuses in African cultural policies and productions, digital art, art history and cultural heritage.
History
GAW is based on the experience of the informal group
WAG Women Action Group and the name GAW comes from the inverted acronym WAG-GAW. The history of the organisation is deeply linked with the history of the Phone Centres and the Internet in Senegal and specifically in Dakar. GAW is created as a platform to encourage on-line collaborative work and to provide artists and intellectuals based in Dakar with digital tools.
GawLab was founded by Sylviane Dio, N'Goné Fall.
References
External links
Official website
Arts organisations based in Senegal
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