<div dir="ltr">As a fourth-generation clan chief of a village in rural Cameroon, Gaston Donnat Bappa’s daily life is steeped in tradition.The 200 residents of the village have little if any access to electric power, phones, TV or radio – but the IT engineer, consultant and specialist has been immersed in the world of technology for the past three decades.<br>
<br>Now Bappa, who insists tradition and modernity can be “collaborators”, is spearheading a project to create Africa’s answer to Wikipedia, in a bid to preserve the continent’s customs and beliefs.<br><br>“I have tradition deep within me and I want it to be seen everywhere,” said the chief, wearing traditional robes and sitting behind a PC, after officially launching the African Traditions Online Encyclopedia (Atoe) at last week’s eLearning Africa conference in Uganda.<br>
<br><b><font color="#ff0000">“With seven million years of tradition in Africa, what is 500 years of colonisation and slavery? Nothing,” he said.</font></b><div><br><a href="http://mg.co.za/article/2014-06-05-africa-to-get-its-own-wikipedia">http://mg.co.za/article/2014-06-05-africa-to-get-its-own-wikipedia</a></div>
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