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The Hitchhikers guide to Quaggapedia (or the AfrikaBurn event encyclopedia).

In years past, this resource used to be called 'The survival guide to AfrikaBurn' and was printed out and distributed to participants at the event. However, a lot of the information required to 'survive' AfrikaBurn needs to be known long before you set foot in Tankwa Town, so today we have this website - Quaggapedia - the online encyclopedia of everything you need to know about attending AfrikaBurn the event. If you're an old or new Burner, please take a bit of time to read through all the various sections and find out all about gifting, shitting and everything else at AfrikaBurn.

This resource is maintained by a lovely group of AfrikaBurn volunteers from all around the world. If you want to volunteer and help us build this resource and make it as rich as possible, please contact [the Quaggapedia team] You can help us to translate it, enrich it and add information from your own AfrikaBurn experiences to help 'each one teach one'

The Basics

Lets start at the very beginning ... AfrikaBurn is a community of creative participants who gather once a year to create art, dress up, give performances, build theme camps, make music, drive mutant vehicles and much, much more. Despite what you might have been told, AfrikaBurn is a registered NPC (Non-Profit Company) so we're not trying to sell you anything or influence you. The AfrikaBurn event is built with a fabulously rich, collaborative volunteer and gifting culture.

The main annual AfrikaBurn event takes place in the Tankwa Karoo, located between the Northern Cape and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. The next event in 2023 is from the 24th to the 30th of April. You can find out more about getting tickets to AfrikaBurn here.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES - The ideals that offer guidelines to how we as a community reinvent Tankwa Town (and ourselves) when we attend AfrikaBurn.

DECOMMODIFICATION - Nothing is for sale at AfrikaBurn, Find out how that works here.

PHONES, PHOTOS & PRIVACY IN TANKWA TOWN - AfrikaBurn is a 'Temporary Autonomous Zone', which means that you can be whomever you want to be in Tankwa Town. That also means that you need to respect the privacy of AfrikaBurn participants. Find out why it's a good idea to lose your mobile phone in Tankwa Town here.

GIFTING - What do you get as a gift for the person who has everything? Or has nothing? Gifting is a central aspect to AfrikaBurn and it's important to know give and receive a gift in the right way. Find out how to be a great gifter here.

AFRIKABURN DICTIONARY - There are loads of words and acronyms that the community has made up and adopted through the years. Make sure you know what MOOP is before you pack your glitter by reading more here.

Tankwa Town

GETTING THERE & DIRECTIONS

ON ARRIVAL

GATE TIMES

WHEN IN TANKWA TOWN

TOILETS IN TANKWA TOWN

ETHICAL SUPPLIERS AND SUPPLIER DEPOT

LEAVE NO TRACE

RADIO FREE TANKWA

Get Involved

VOLUNTEER

RANGERS

DMV (Department of Mutant Vehicles)

DPW (Department of Public Works)

SANCTUARY

OUTREACH / COLLEXODUS

Survive and Thrive

BEFORE YOU GO, PREPARE

FIRST TIME AT AFRIKABURN?

CAMPING ADVICE

PLUG AND PLAY CAMPS

BE WATERWISE

SOUND & QUIET

CONSENT

PERSONAL SAFETY

PARENTING

MEDICAL INFO

FIRE & FIRE SAFETY

ACCESSIBILTY

BIKING

MUTANT VEHICLES

DMV COMMANDMENTS

RULES OF THE ROAD

PLANES, DRONES & AIRCRAFT

LOST AND FOUND

AfrikaBurn 2023

NEW IN 2023

FAQ's

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

WEATHER IN THE KAROO

MEDIA & PRESS

Archive

2022 TANKWA TOWN MAP

2022 WTF? GUIDEBOOK

Legal Stuff

AFRIKABURN EVENT RULES

AFRIKABURN EVENT DISCLAIMER

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