Mariam Kamara

**Mariam Issoufou Kamara** (an haife ta Afrilu 1979, a Saint-Étienne, Faransa) ƴar Nijar ce. Ƙirar ta ta mai da hankali kan buɗe wuraren zama da yin amfani da kayan da ake samar wa a cikin gida ga al'ummomin Afirka: siminti, ƙarfe da aka sake yin fa'ida da ɗanyen ƙasa.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Mariam Issoufou Kamara  a shekara ta alif 1979.

Burin Kamara na farko shine ta zama injiniyan kwamfuta, inda ta samu digirin farko a jami’ar Purdue a fannin kwamfuta (2001) sannan ta yi digiri na biyu a fannin kimiyyar kwamfuta daga Jami’ar New York (2004). Ta yi aiki a fannin kwamfuta na tsawon shekaru bakwai kafin ta yanke shawarar canza sana'a kuma ta zama mai zane-zane don cika burinta na samartaka.

A shekara ta 2013, Kamara ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin gine-gine daga Jami'ar Washington. Kundin nata, *Mobile Loitering*, ya mayar da hankali kan batutuwan da suka shafi jinsi a wuraren jama'a na Nijar. An nuna aikin maigidanta a Triennale di Milano a cikin 2014 a baje kolin *Babban Chance Babban Canji na Afirka*.

### Aiki
Ta kafa kungiyar gine-ginen *united4design* (2013) a lokacin da take zaune a Amurka, kuma bayan dawowarta Nijar ta kafa wani kamfanin gine-gine da bincike mai suna *Atelier Masomi* (2014), wanda ke mayar da hankali kan budaddiyar wuraren zama a cikin gine-ginen gida. 

Ƙungiyar gine-ginen ƙasa da ƙasa da ke shiga cikin *United4design* sun yi aiki a kan ayyuka a Amurka, Afghanistan da Nijar. Zane-zane na Kamara sun ƙunshi gine-gine masu siffofi na geometric kuma sun dogara da kayan aiki guda uku da aka samar da su ga al'ummomi da yawa: siminti, ƙarfe da aka sake yin fa'ida da ƙasa. 

A cikin 2017, ta koyar da karatun birane a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa a Jami'ar Brown da ke Rhode Island.

A shekara ta 2022, an naɗa Kamara a matsayin cikakkiyar Farfesa na Architecture Heritage da Ɗorewa a ETH Zurich a Switzerland. 

### Manyan ayyuka

#### ''Yamai 2000''
Babban aikinta na farko shine a yamai *2000*, rukunin gidaje da aka gina a cikin 2016 kuma an tsara shi tare da haɗin gwiwar Yasaman Esmaili, Elizabeth Golden da Philip Sträter. Aikin yana magance matsalolin sararin samaniya da ke da alaƙa da simintin tsarin gidan ƙuruciyar Kamara da aka gina a Yamai a shekarun 1960.

Sakamakon shine sifofi huɗu da aka yi ta hanyar haɗa ƙasa da siminti waɗanda aka haɗa tare. Wani abin lura shi ne benci a gaba wanda ke ba da damar sake dawo da *fa'adar* gargajiya - tarukan gida na abokai da 'yan uwa da ke faruwa akai-akai a sararin da ke tsakanin gida da titi, wanda kuma wurin taro ne na tarihi. 

#### Hikma en Dandaji
A shekara ta  2018, ta sake yin aiki tare da Yasaman Esmaili don samar da aikin Hikma ("hikima" a cikin Larabci) a Dandaji, wanda ke yankin Tahoua a Nijar. Ƙarfafawa ta hanyar fasahar ginin ƙasa, aikin wani haɗaɗɗen al'adu ne wanda ya haɗa da masallaci, ɗakin karatu da cibiyar al'umma. Ayyukansu sun haɗa nau'ikan ilimi guda biyu "ba tare da saɓani ba, tsakanin ilimin duniya da imani." Ga kowane aiki, shirye-shiryen Kamara shine mabuɗin. Ga kowace irin nasarorin da ta samu, Kamara na gudanar da binciken filin don kara fahimtar tsammanin mazauna nan gaba: ta yaya suke rayuwa kuma ta yaya suke karɓa? Yaya kwanciyar hankali za su kasance, a cikin kwanciyar hankali a al'ada? Me zai basu damar rage zafin cikin gidansu? Aikin Legacy Restored Center don haka yana buƙatar watanni shida na lura. A sakamakon haka, tana ba wa ɗan ƙasa sarari ga duk mazauna ƙauyen Dandaji, inganta ilimin mata da ƙarfafa kasancewarsu a cikin al'umma. Aikin ya lashe kyaututtuka biyu a Lafarge Holcim Awards (2017), gasar mafi girma na gine-gine mai ɗorewa na duniya. 

#### Cibiyar Al'adun Yamai
Kamara tana aiki tare da masanin gine-ginen Birtaniya na Ghana, David Adjaye, don tsara sabuwar cibiyar al'adu a Yamai. 

#### Bët-bi Museum

A watan Mayu 2022, alƙalai sun zaɓi Kamara don jagorantar ƙirar sabon gidan kayan tarihi na Bët-bi a Senegal. Gidauniyar Josef da Anni Albers da 'yar uwarta Le Korsa za su tallafa wa aikin, kuma ana shirin buɗe shi a cikin 2025.  

## An samu kyaututtuka

* 2017: Kyautar LafargeHolcim don ci gaba mai ɗorewa: 
** Lambar azurfa a rukunin Duniya
** Lambar zinare a rukunin yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya na Afirka
* 2018: Rolex Mentor da Kyautar Ƙarfafa Arts Initiative wanda ke ba ta damar yin aiki tare da mai zane David Adjaye
* 2019: Kyautar Yarima Claus a Netherlands

## Aikin da aka zaɓa

* Kamara, Mariam. *Loitering Mobile: Amsa ga buƙatun sararin samaniya a cikin Nijar bayan mulkin mallaka, yanayin birni mai yawan jinsi* . Diss. 2014.

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Hotunan Hikma en Dandaji na Kamara
* Zane na zanen makarantar mata a Balkh, Afghanistan na Kamara da Yasaman Esmaili
* Yanar Gizo na ''Atelier Masomi''