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Gasar hotunan NaijaGEMs a Legas B daga Russell Brooks ikin nunin hotuna karo na 9 da aka gudanar a Legas bana ya samu halartar masu ayyukan fasahar 22 daga qasashe 18, inda aka yi masa laqabin “Zamani ya shuxe,” Sannan, a karo na farko mata ne suka mamake bikin inda ka samu mata huxu da suka qware a harkar alkinta kayan tarihi: wato Eva Barois De Caevel da Wunika Mukan da Charlotte Langhorst da Valentine Umansky, waxanda ke da aniyar binciken bambance-bambancen da suka baibaye al’umma tsawon zamani. This year’s 9th edition of the Lagos Photo Festival drew 22 artists from 18 countries under the theme, “Time Has Gone.” In addition, for the first time, the festival was female-dominated featuring four female curators: Eva Barois De Caevel, Wunika Mukan, Charlotte Langhorst, and Valentine Umansky whose intent was to investigate the diversity that time encompasses. Bikin da aka gudanar a tsakanin 27 ga Oktoba zuwa 15 ga Nuwambar bana, Gidauniyar masu ayyukan fasaha ta Afirka, wato African Artists Foundation, tare da xaukar nauyi daga cibiyar Mike Adenuga da cibiyar nazarin fasalin qasashe ta Amurka, wato National Geographic, U.S. da ofishin Jakadancin Amurka da ke Legas da Hukumar Al’adu ta Birtaniya da Gidauniyar Ford Foundation. Bikin nunin hotunan na Legas ya shahara wajen bunqasa ci gaban ilimi da hotunan zamani a Afirka, ta hanyar bayar d ahoro da musayar al’adu a tsakanin ‘yan qasa da masu fasaha a faxin duniya. Bikin nunin hotunan na Legas na alfahari da kasancewsa bikin fasahar baje hotuna na duniya na farko a Najeriya. Bisa gamsuwar ofishin jakadancin Amurika da bikin, sai ya shigar da gasarsa ta xaukar hotunan wurare masu qayatarwa, wadda ka yi wa laqabi da NaijaGEMs. Tattara hotuna 50 masu qayatarwa da ke nuni da mafi kyawun yanayin wasu wurare a Najeriya, ya tabbata ne sanadiyyar zaven da aka gudanar a shafukan sadarwar intanet na gasar da Ofishin Jakadancin amurka a Najeriya ya xauki nauyi. Ita kanta gasar Jakada Stuart Symington ya fito da ita, sakamakon ziyarar day a kai xaukacin jihohi 36 na Najeriya. Shi ya sa y ace ya kamata ‘yan Najeriya da dama su samu irin damar d aya samu na kallon wurare masu ban al’ajabi da qayatarwa a Najeriya, waxanda suka haxa da rowan da ke qwarara daga kan tsaunuka da hauhawar tsirin duwatsu da nmun daji da tsirrai. Domin a cewarsa duk wanda ya gani sai ya cika da mamaki har ya furta cewa “Iye.” Gasar NaijaGEMs ta bai wa ‘yan najeriya masu sana’ar xaukar hotuna damar fito da qimar qawata Najeriya, inda za suka sujha kallo tare da sauran mutanen qasarsu. Jami’in Hulxa da jama’a na Ofishin Jakadancin da ke Legas, Russell Brooks ya bayyana uirin tallafin da ofishin jakadancin ke bai w amasu fasahar qirqire-qirqire da cibiyoyin nazarin harkokin al’adu a Najeriya, a wajen buxe bikin. Sannan ya yi nuni da cewa gasar hotuna rta NaijaGEMs za ta kawo managarcin sauyi game da labarin Najeriya dangane da abubuwan ban mamaki da mutanen cikinta. Jagoran shirya biki Azu Nwagbogu, da Charlotte Langhorst sun zuba ido lokacin da Jami’in Hulxa da jama’ar Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka, Russell Brooks ke gabatar da jawabi An fara baje-kolin NaijaGEMs a Abuja cikin watan Yuli a kan tulluwar ‘Thought Pyramid.’ Waxanda suka lashe gasar sun karvi kyaututtukansu, sannan hotuna 50 mafi qayatarwa an bajekolinsu tsawon mako guda. Mataimakin Daraktan Gidauniyar masu Fasahar Afirka (AAF), Charlotte Langhorst ke yi w amasu saurare jawabi A kodayaushe manufar ofishin Jakadancin Amurka ce ya baje waxannan hotuna su yaxu a wurare da dama, ta yadda za a samu damar sake baje wasu hotunan a wasu sassan qasar nan. Bikin baje-kolin hotuna na Legas kafa ce da ta bayar da irin wannan damar. CROSSROADS | December 2018/January 2019 17