Africa Fashion Week Amsterdam (AFWA) ta yi bikin cika shekaru 10 ta wanzar da kayayyaki na Afirka, inda ta hada al’adun Afirka da kayayyaki na zamani. Wannan shiri, wanda aka gudanar a ranar Juma’a, Agusta 30, 2024, a De Koning Party & Events, ya taru da masu sha’awar kayayyaki, shugabannin masana’antu, da manyan mutane daga ko’ina cikin duniya.
Shirin ya fara da karimciyar liyafa ta red carpet a 15:00, inda baƙi suka zo suna wanzar da kayayyakin ‘Royalty’, wanda ya saita yanayin dare ta alfajiri da girma. Daga 15:00 zuwa 16:30, taron kasuwanci ya bayar da dandali ga tattaunawar panel masu hankali, gabatarwar alamomi, da tattaunawa. Masana’antu sun raba iliminsu game da sababbin yanayi, hanyoyin kasuwanci, da gaba na kayayyakin Afirka, tare da samar da damar sadarwa da haɗin gwiwa.
Wuri mafi mahimmanci na dare shi ne jerin wasan kayayyaki wanda ya fara a 16:30 har zuwa 22:15. Masu zane kayayyaki tara daga ko’ina cikin Afirka da diaspora sun nuna sababbin tarin su, kowannensu ya kawo haɗakar aesthetics na al’adun Afirka na kayayyakin zamani zuwa kan titi. Masu zane waɗanda suka shiga sun hada da Maison Mohani (Nijeriya), BlackPearl (BRŪNZ Collection) (Kameru), Kwame Koranteng (Ghana), House of Nevo (Kameru), Cindra Accessories (Martinique), Van Eyong Couture (Kameru), Anu Fashion (Tanzania), Chaiseme (Namibiya), da Wellowe (Uganda).
Kowace tarin ta samu alkurtu mai yawa, tare da masu halarta sun yabon masu zane kan ƙirƙirar su, aikin hannu, da yadda suka wakilci al’adun Afirka ta hanyar kayayyaki. Dare ta kuma samu ƙarin ƙarfi ta hanyar bayyanar da manyan mutane kamar Miss Independent Netherlands 2024, Suzy Bhagwat, da Carmen Julia Hernandez, wacce aka sani da ‘The Latin-Hype woman’, wacce ta mamaye masu kallo da halin ta na ƙarfi da kalmomin ta na ilhami.
Ayyukan kiɗa sun ƙara ritamu da ruhun dare, tare da ayyukan daga Queen-Zhanel, mawakiya ‘yar shekara 13 da sha’awar kiɗan soul, mawakiyar Opera Olivia Le Roux tare da pianist Charlie Bo Meijering, da ayyukan da ƙarfi daga masu zane kamar Ashercax Next da sauran su.
Baƙi sun samu dandano na kayayyakin Afirka, ta hanyar Goldcoast Restaurant. Menu ya nuna irin abinci na dadi, ciki har da Tuna Pie, Fried Yam & Chicken, Jollof Rice da Chicken, da sauran su, wanda ya bayar da tafiya ta dandano ta ɗanɗano na Afirka.
A lokacin da firamare suka rufe wannan shiri na milki, ƙungiyar Africa Fashion Museum ta baiwa dukkan wadanda suka shiga, abokan hulɗa, masu goyon baya, da masu halarta shukrani ta zuciya saboda gudunmawar su wajen sa ran wannan bikin shekaru 10 na AFWA ya zama nasara. Shirin ya nuna kuma girman kayayyakin Afirka da al’adun ta, kuma ta tabbatar da rawar Amsterdam a matsayin cibiyar duniya ta kayayyakin Afirka.
