Umunya-Kenya Bien-Aimé Baraza wamamaye cyane mu itsinda rya Sauti Sol, yatangajwe nk’umwe mu bahanzi bazaririmba mu birori bya Basketball Africa League (BAL) bizabera i Kigali ku wa 22 Gicurasi 2026.
Aya makuru yakiriwe neza n’abakunzi b’umuziki n’imikino muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, cyane ko Bien amaze imyaka mike yigaragaza nk’umwe mu bahanzi bafite izina rikomeye ku rwego mpuzamahanga nyuma yo gutangira urugendo rwe ku giti cye.
Kwamamaza igitaramo cye muri BAL ntabwo bifatwa nk’igikorwa cy’imyidagaduro gusa, ahubwo ni ikimenyetso cy’ukuntu Kigali ikomeje kwisunga ibikorwa bihuza siporo, ubuhanzi n’ubukerarugendo mu buryo bugamije kuyigira igicumbi cy’ibitaramo bikomeye muri Afurika.
BAL imaze imyaka ibera i Kigali, ariko uko imyaka ishira ni ko agenda yinjiza byinshi birenze umukino wa Basketball. Uretse amakipe aba ahanganye, iri rushanwa ryatangiye no kuba umwanya wo guhuriramo ibyamamare, abahanzi, abashoramari n’abakerarugendo baturuka mu bihugu bitandukanye.
Kuzana Bien muri ibi birori bishobora gusobanurwa nk’uburyo bwo gukomeza gukurura urubyiruko rwo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, cyane cyane abakunda umuziki wa Afro-pop n’injyana zigezweho.
Bien si umuhanzi usanzwe muri aka karere. Mu myaka ishize, yubatse izina rikomeye binyuze mu ndirimbo zakunzwe nka “Mbwe Mbwe”, “Lifestyle” na “Inauma”, ndetse uburyo akoresha ijwi rye n’imyandikire y’indirimbo bituma afatwa nk’umwe mu bahanzi bafite ubushobozi bwo gukora umuziki uhuza ibyiyumvo n’ubuzima bwa buri munsi.
Kwamamaza kwe muri BAL bishobora no kugira uruhare mu kongera urujya n’uruza rw’abafana bazaturuka hanze y’u Rwanda, ibintu bisanzwe bigirira akamaro amahoteli, ubwikorezi, resitora n’ibindi bikorwa by’ubukungu bishingira ku bukerarugendo.
Abasesenguzi bavuga ko u Rwanda rukomeje gukoresha siporo nk’ikiraro cyo kwagura ubukungu bushingiye kuri serivisi. Mu myaka ishize rwakiriye ibikorwa bikomeye birimo BAL, gahunda za NBA Africa, amarushanwa mpuzamahanga ya Tour du Rwanda n’ibitaramo bikomeye by’abahanzi mpuzamahanga.
Ibi byose byatumye Kigali itangira kuvugwa nk’umujyi ushobora kwakira ibikorwa bihuza imyidagaduro n’ubucuruzi ku rwego rwa Afurika.
Hari kandi ababona ko gutumira abahanzi bafite izina rikomeye muri Afurika ari uburyo bwo kongera guha icyizere uruganda rw’imyidagaduro rwo mu karere, cyane cyane nyuma y’igihe ibikorwa byinshi byari byarahungabanyijwe n’ingaruka z’ubukungu ku Isi.
Ku rubyiruko rw’u Rwanda, iki gitaramo gishobora kuba amahirwe yo kubona hafi umwe mu bahanzi bafite igikundiro gikomeye muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, mu gihe ku gihugu ubwacyo ari indi ntambwe mu rugendo rwo gukomeza kwiyubaka nk’icyerekezo cy’imyidagaduro n’inama mpuzamahanga muri Afurika.
Nubwo gahunda irambuye y’ibitaramo bya BAL itaratangazwa yose, izina rya Bien ryamaze kongera ubushake bw’abakunzi b’umuziki n’imikino bategereje ibizabera i Kigali muri Gicurasi 2026.