Umushinga ‘‘w’Afurika Soft Power’’ ku nshuro ya kabiri y’inama nyafurika ‘‘Soft Power Series’’, igamije gushakisha uburyo Afurika ishobora gukoresha inganda zayo zo guhanga hagendewe ku muco kugira ngo biteze imbere.
Nkiru Balonwu, washinze kandi akanategura ” The Africa Soft Power Series ” avuga ko igihe cya Afurika kigeze. isi igaragaza imbaraga zigenda ziyongera ku bikorwa by’Afurika ku isi.
Ibiganiro byateguwe kuri firime, umuziki, imideri, siporo, ikoranabuhanga, imari, ubuhanzi, ingaruka ku mibereho n’ibindi byinshi, bizasuzuma ingamba nshya n’ibikorwa bifatika bifasha kwihutisha ubukungu bw’Afurika no kuvuga amateka yacyo.
Inzego zo guhanga no mu muco zishobora kuba umusemburo ukomeye mu ishoramari, akazi no kuzamuka mu bukungu ku mugabane w’Afurika no hanze yarwo.
Icyo iyo nama igamije n’impinduka ziyobowe n’abanyafurika bishingiye ku mugabane. Uwo mushinga w’Afurika ugamije gukangurira Abanyafurika guhanga, umuco n’ubumenyi ku mugabane w’Afurika kugira ngo biteze imbere, guhuriza hamwe ijwi nyafurika na diaspora.
Iyo inama ifite insanganyamatsiko “kahise, iy’ubu, iy’ejo hazaza”, ihuza abayobozi batekereza, inzira bakoresha binyuze mu kiganiro kijyanye n’imbaraga zo guhanga n’ubukungu bw’Afurika n’uburyo iyo mitungo ishobora gushimangira umubano hagati y’umugabane, umuryango wa diaspora n’isi muri rusange.
Victor Williams, Umuyobozi mukuru wa NBA Afurika agira ati ‘‘izagirira akamaro isi yose, twishimiye kuba umwe mu bagize umuryango mpuzamahanga ugaragaza amateka y’umunsi w’Afurika no kuzana ingufu nshya mu kumenyekanisha ukwezi kw’Afurika.
Mu gihe amajwi y’Abanyafurika ku mugabane w’Afurika no muri Diaspora yose akomeje guteza imbere ibiganiro ku bishoboka, kuri Afurika n’abaturage bayo, nta gihe cyiza nko muri iki gihe cyo kwerekeza ibitekerezo kuri buri wese kandi ku buryo bugaragara. inzira zo gufatanya no kubaka ubumwe bukomeye bugirira akamaro buri wese.
Umushinga w’Afurika ‘‘Soft Power’’ ugamije mu gushyira ukwezi kumwe mu mwaka kugira ngo twishimire ibyagezweho muri Afurika na Diaspora, umushinga ugamije guhuza umugabane winjira mu biganiro by’isi no kubigira gahunda isanzwe.Urwo rukurikirane rwateguwe bidasanzwe nk’umunsi w’umurage w’isi wa UNESCO muri Afurika.
Umushinga w’Afurika Soft Power wizihijwe kuva ku wa 26 kugeza ku wa 28 Gicurasi i Kigali mu Rwanda.Uyu mwaka wa 2022, bifite insanganyamatsiko igira iti “Afurika n’Umuryango mpuzamahanga”, isura nshya y’ubufatanye.
Nyuma ya Covid-19, ubukungu bw’Afurika, ubukungu n’ubumenyi bw’ubukungu bwagaragaye nk’inzira zikomeye zo gukira. Kuva muri siporo kugeza umuziki, ikoranabuhanga, imideri, ubukerarugendo na sinema.
Ni gute umugabane ukoresha amahirwe n’iterambere muri izi nganda kugira ngo ubashe gukira gukomeye, byorohereze urubyiruko kwitabira guteza imbere ibikorwa remezo no kwemeza umwanya w’Afurika ku rwego rw’isi.
Umushinga w’Afurika Soft Power wizihijwe i Kigali, byabaye uruhurirane rw’ icyumweru kimwe na Basketball Africa League Final, ihuza abahanga, ba rwiyemezamirimo bashya hamwe n’itsinda ry’abayobozi batekereza baturutse muri Diaspora nyafurika kugira ngo baganire ku buryo butandukanye ku bukerarugendo, ikoranabuhanga, ubuhanzi nyafurika, imideli, siporo n’impano.
Kuva uwo muryango washingwa muri 2020, umushinga w’Afurika Soft Power Project wahuje abavuga rikijyana barenga 150 bo mu mashyirahamwe hamwe n’abayobozi benshi batekereza baturutse hirya no hino ku isi, imari, ubuhanzi, ikoranabuhanga, siporo, kwamamaza, kwishyura, amashuri n’ibindi.
Muri iyo nama, Afurika Soft Power yishimiye ubutumire bwatanzwe n’umufatanyabikorwa w’Afurika Prosperity Network izabera Kwahu iteganijwe kuba mu Kwakira i Accra, muri Ghana.
Abatanze ibiganiro barimo, Victor Williams, Umuyobozi mukuru, NBA Afurika, Wamkele Mene, Umunyamabanga rusange, Ubunyamabanga bw’AfCFTA, Lucy Mbabazi, Umuyobozi ushinzwe ubuvugizi muri Afurika, Kuruta Cash Alliance, Gina Din-Kariuki, washinze akaba na Perezida mukuru, Itsinda rya Gina Din.
Luol Deng, inshuro ebyiri zose NBA All-Star, Jude , Abaga, Fondateri Umuyobozi mukuru, Ikigo cya TASCK, Moïse Turahirwa, washinze, Moshions, Matthew Ryder, Matrix Chambers n’uwahoze ari Umuyobozi wungirije wa London. Nana Baffour,
Umuyobozi mukuru, Quintess Burezili, Ngaire Blankenberg, Umuyobozi w’ingoro ndangamurage y’ubuhanzi nyafurika ya Smithsonian, Joan Mazimhaka, washinze hamwe n’umuyobozi mukuru, Illume, Naledi K. Khabo, Umuyobozi mukuru w’ishyirahamwe ry’ubukerarugendo bw’Afurika, Bonita Mutoni, Perezida, ushinzwe u Rwanda.
Ishyirahamwe ry’ingendo, Peng Chen, Umuyobozi mukuru, HustleSasa, Lethabo Sithole, Umuyobozi w’Inama Ngishwanama y’Urubyiruko rw’AfCFTA, Dr Gaidi Faraj, umwarimu w’amateka muri Kaminuza ya Grambling.
Basanda Ns Oswald