Foire artisanale des JOJ à Douta Seck : Le désarroi des exposants face à la rareté des clients
The Douta Seck Cultural Center is struggling to attract customers. While Dakar is buzzing with the energy of the Youth Olympic Games, the 50 artisans set up there are finding it difficult to sell their wares. Between poor communication, a feeling of exclusion, and unmet expectations, the exhibitors, who have come from all over Senegal, are sounding the alarm to attract customers to their stalls.
As part of the Youth Olympic Games, the Douta Seck cultural center has been transformed into an exhibition hub, bringing together producers, artisans, and manufacturers from across the country. However, despite the diverse range of items on offer since Saturday, October 30th, public demand has been sorely lacking. The stalls are overflowing with local food products, such as palm oil, lemons, condiments, dried "simbe" bread, bissap (hibiscus tea), and dried fruit. Other exhibitors are showcasing cultural heritage through traditional instruments and objects. "I sell koras, balafons, calabashes, varnished buffalo horn, and crafted horsehair," explains Moustapha Tambay, a shoemaker trained in Morocco and president of the exhibition and fair committee at the Sédhiou Chamber of Trades. Representing the Thiès Chamber of Trades, seamstress Dado Ndoye offers clothing, abayas, art objects and necklaces, while lamenting a glaring lack of visibility: "I regret that there has been no good communication to promote this exhibition. We have practically no customers."
A feeling of abandonment shared by other actors in the sector. The president of the National Association of Jewelers And Suxali Sunu Métier , Baye Khaly Thiam, believes that crafts have been the poor relations in the organizational architecture of the Youth Olympic Games, emphasizing that only the determination of their chamber of trades president made it possible to secure the integration of their trade into the official program.
However, these Youth Games are intended to be a major showcase for Senegalese crafts through various initiatives deployed across the country, such as the fairs organized by the City of Dakar in strategic locations like Place de la Nation, the inauguration of the Saly Olympic Village by the Ministry of Crafts and Tourism to promote the expertise of the Petite Côte region, and the integration of the Leather House within the Iba Mar Diop complex. Some perceive these actions as last-minute initiatives, while waiting for the crowds of the main event to finally fill the aisles of Douta Seck.
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