Pamene tikuyenda m’maholo m’ndende ya ana mlungu uliwonse, timamva chisoni chochitira umboni ku ubwana umene umayaka moto. Ndikuyang'ana mozama masks a phulusa omwe amavalidwa ndi achiwembu achichepere awa, ndimayang'ana zizindikiro zofunika zosonyeza kuti sikunachedwe kuyika chiyembekezo.
Sikuti chikhulupiriro ndi lingaliro lachilendo koma ambiri aphunzira kale kuopsa kwa chiyembekezo. Kwa ena, kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwachitika kale kuti aganizire zosiyana.
Ambiri anachitiridwa nkhanza ndi kunyalanyazidwa ndi makolo, owalera kapena anthu onse ndipo akhoza kufotokoza nkhani zosayembekezereka za kuphwanya malamulo momveka bwino komanso momveka bwino za munthu amene akubwereza buku la foni. Kusalakwa kwawo kwatenthedwa mwa iwo.
Cholinga changa masiku ambiri ndikuyatsa moto kuchokera pamoto ndikuyembekeza kuti adziwonera moyo wina, moyo wina - ngati munthu woyenera kulemekezedwa. Nthawi zambiri ndimachokapo ndikumva kuti ndine wolephera ndipo ndikulumbira kuti sindibwerera. Koma ndimachitabe.
Achinyamata ambiri omwe ndimagwira nawo ntchito ndi akuda osauka kapena aku Latinos ochokera kumadera omwe anthu ambiri ndimawadziwa sanadutsepo - ndipo sangaganizire. Sindikukumbukira kuti ndinakumanapo ndi mkaidi wachichepere wochokera ku Bellmeade kapena Forest Hills (malo olemera a Nashville). Ndizosadabwitsa kuti anthu aku Africa aku America pomwe 13% ya anthu aku National amakhala 53% yandende. Chiwerengerochi chikuwonetseratu kusiyana pakati pa mafuko komwe kuli kofala m’dongosolo lathu la chilungamo chaupandu.
Pamene ndikuchoka, ndimakumbutsidwa chitsanzo chapamwamba cha kupanda chilungamo kwa mafuko: Abu-Ali Abdhur Rahman, mkaidi wazaka 52 wophedwa kundende ya Riverbend ku Nashville. Monga ambiri mwa olakwa omwe ndimakumana nawo, ubwana wa Abu-Ali udathetsedwa ali mwana. Kuphatikiza pa mazunzo osiyanasiyana akuthupi komanso ogonana, makolo a Abu-Ali adagwiritsa ntchito munthu wake ngati phulusa (kwenikweni) wozimitsa ndudu pathupi lake lazaka 4 ndikumumenya mpaka adasiya kukuwa. Nkhanzazo zinali zosaŵerengeka ndi zowopsya, ndipo mofanana ndi achinyamata ambiri omangidwa amene ndimakumana nawo, kuchonderera kwake kaamba ka chithandizo kunanyalanyazidwa.
Abu-Ali adakhala ndi vuto lalikulu lamalingaliro ndi malingaliro pazaka zambiri ndipo adayamba kuthawa ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu. Pamene anali wachinyamata, ankakhala m'malo owongolera odzudzula kumene, adachitidwanso nkhanza zogonana - ndikuwonjezera kusakhazikika kwa malingaliro ake, Apanso, Abu-Ali sanalandire thandizo kuchokera kwa aboma.
Mofulumira ku 1986: Ali wamkulu, Abu-Ali anali ndi gulu la anthu omwe ntchito yawo inali yoletsa kugulitsa mankhwala kwa ana amtundu wakuda. Gululo linakonza zoti likwaniritse ntchitoyi mwa kuopseza ogulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Ntchito yolakwikayo idasokonekera ndipo wogulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo wodziwika, adaphedwa.
Ngakhale Abu-Ali analipo pamlanduwo ndipo adakhudzidwa momveka bwino, palibe umboni womwe udaperekedwa kuti utsimikize kuti ndi wolakwa pamwambo woyamba - womwe adalandira chilango cha imfa. Umboni wamagazi akuwonetsa kuti Abu-Ali sanaphe ndipo ngakhale izi zidadziwika ndi Woimira Boma, John Zimmermann, sizinaperekedwe kwa oweruza.
Abu-Ali, munthu wakuda wosauka, wodwala m'maganizo, wopanda njira zandalama adadalira Allen Boyd, yemwe kale anali abwanamkubwa komanso membala wa SGM, kuti alipire ndalama zalamulo. Pambuyo pa maubale angapo omwe adalephera, Abu-Ali adayimiridwa ndi maloya a Sumpter Camp ndi a Lionel Barrett omwe adavomereza kuti sanakonzekere mlandu wakupha mpaka sabata imodzi isanachitike. Sadayitane mboni za Abu-Ali ndipo adalephera kufufuza mbiri yake yayitali yamatenda amisala. Ngakhale kuti woimira boma pa milandu ankadziwa za matenda a maganizo ndi nkhanza, oweruza sanapatsidwe mbiri ya chikhalidwe cha woimbidwa mlandu.
Woweruza yemwe adaweruza mlandu wa Abu-Ali adawona kuti zomwe loyayo adachita zinali zotsika. Ndipo mchaka chatha ndi theka, oweruza 8 mwa 12 adasaina zikalata zolumbirira kuti akadadziwa umboni uliwonse kapena zochepetsera, mwina sanapereke chilango cha imfa.
Kwa ambiri aife, nkovuta kumvetsetsa momwe mumikhalidwe yabodza yotere, madandaulo a Abu-Ali a moyo amakanidwa. Koma zimakhala zovuta kulingalira ngati munazolowera chilungamo. Monga mzungu wapakati ndikuyembekezera kuchitidwa mwachilungamo komanso mwachilungamo. Ambiri a ife timatero.
Ena akuganiza kuti mlanduwu ndi wovuta koma mafunso osavuta sakufunsidwa: Ngati Abu-Ali akanakhala mzungu, wophunzira komanso wapakati, kodi akanalandira chithandizo chocheperako? Ngati Abu-Ali akadakhala membala wodziwika bwino mderali, kodi kusowa kwa umboni ndi uphungu wosagwira ntchito sizikanapangitsa kulira kwa anthu mogontha moti kusankha kwa bwanamkubwa wathu kukanakhala kuchitira chifundo?
Ngati tili oona mtima, mayankho ake amakhala omveka bwino. Kuwonera kanema wawayilesi kumatiphunzitsa kuti ndikosavuta kupha omwe sali "m'modzi wa ife".
Achinyamata olakwa akamandifunsa ngati ndikukhulupirira kuti zinthu zikhala zosiyana, ndimagoma. Ena akudziwa kale kuti kwa iwo okhala m'zipinda za oweruza, ndende zadzaza ndi omwe "siali m'modzi mwa ife". Ndimawayang'ana m'maso ndikunena kuti: "Chilungamo chimakhalapo pamapeto pake". Sandikhulupirira kawirikawiri ndipo mwatsoka, inenso sindimakhulupirira.
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