Varindi vaitidaidza nemazita edu kana mazita edu echiKristu. Mumwe nomumwe, ndainzwa kuti, akanga achidzikisira, uye ndakafunga kuti tinofanira kuomerera paโBabaโ anokudzwa.โ Ndakamanikidzira ikoku kwamakore akawanda, pasina budiriro. Gare gare, zvakatozova manyuko ezvinosetsa sezvo vandaishanda navo vaipota vachinditi โVaMandela.
-Nelson Mandela, "Nzendo Yakareba Kusununguko"
Nelson Mandela akapedza makore makumi maviri nemanomwe ari mutirongo, gumi nemasere ari paRobben Island - jeri repachitsuwa rine mukurumbira wakashata iro raive nehutungamiriri hwebato rinopikisa rusaruraganda muSouth Africa. Paiva mujeri iroro, achibatsirwa nevamwe vake, apo Mandela akanyora nyaya yake, "Long Walk to Freedom" (yakabudiswa muna 27). Mubhuku rino, munhu anowana pfungwa yaMandela semunhu aive akadzama mune zvematongerwo enyika aive: gweta rakarwisa rusaruraganda - gweta rakaona kuti mutemo waive chipingamupinyi chekuchinja uye saka akatamira kune zvematongerwo enyika, kusanganisira mashandiro ehugandanga achipokana neasingachinji. nyika yerusaruraganda.
Mandela aive nemafungiro ezvematongerwo enyika ane simba: akabatana neAfrican National Congress (ANC) nekuda kwezvematongerwo enyika ekuruboshwe uye magariro ekugara. Paakasvika kujeri, vasungwa vazhinji vakabva kuPan-African Congress (PAC), bato revanhu vatema rairwira nyika iro, mumashoko aMandela, "vasinganyari vanopesana neCommunist uye anti-Indian." Kwete kwaari rudzi urwu rwezvematongerwo enyika. Aigara aine mwoyo muhombe uye aine chiono chakapinza.
Pasina nguva mushure mekusungwa kwake muna 1964, Mandela akave mufananidzo wemuSouth Africa kurwisa rusaruraganda - iro rakanga risiri rinopesana nehurongwa hwezvematongerwo enyika hunotyisa, kwete chete neboka rekutonga kwevachena muSouth Africa, asiwo nehurumende dzehurumende. Nyika dzekuMadokero dzakatsigira hutongi hwehudzvanyiriri kusvika kumagumo (Mandela akaonekwa pamazita emagandanga eU.S. kusvika 2008). Yakanga iri mufananidzo weiyo waizivikanwa nenyika kubva kuma1960 kusvika zvino. Kashoma kuti vanhu vabatane nemafungiro aMandela: kashoma tinomunzwa achitorwa pazvinzvimbo zvake. Kunyanya mushure mekunge kurwisana muSouth Africa kwaita kuti hutongi husina simba uye hukahuderedza, zvakabva zvaita kuti ndisadyidzane naMandela โ asi zvakangove naMandela semucherechedzo, saMadiba, kwete Mandela semunhu wezvematongerwo enyika ane pfungwa dzakadzama nekuzvipira.
Munhu wese zvino anosuwa kuti Madiba afa. Kwete ziso rakaoma rinogona kuwanikwa. Asi vazhinji vevanhu vamwe chete ava vakapikisa rusununguko muSouth Africa kusvika kumagumo. Vazhinji vevanhu vamwechete ivava vakakurudzira kurwira pasi rose mukubatana neANC yaMandela. Uye vazhinji vevanhu ava zvino vanoseka rudzi rwemaonero aive naMandela kusvika kumagumo. Apo Mandela akapikisa hondo yeIraq ("Zvose Bush zvinoda mafuta eIraqi"), vezvenhau vekuMadokero vakamutuka - mutori wenhau mumwechete iye zvino ari kurwadziwa pakufamba kwake. Ese maobituaries anotsanangura zvaakaita muhupenyu hwake, asi hapana anoenda mumaonero ake ezvematongerwo enyika.
Makore makumi maviri mushure mekusununguka, South Africa inoramba iri mupukunyuki wekare uye yakakuvadzwa neshungu dzisina kunaka dzehutungamiri hwayo hwazvino. Mandela aive nemazwi akapinza ekutungamira kweneo-liberal muSouth Africa, asiwo kune general tenor pakati pemaneja ehupfumi hwenyika. Muna 2005, akaenda kumisangano yeG8 kuU.K. uye akajekesa kuti โkune urombo, hapana rusununguko rwechokwadi. Nyika ine nzara yezvekuita, kwete mazwi. Muzana rino remakore idzva, mamiriyoni evanhu vari munyika dzine urombo zvikuru pasi roseโkusanganisira South Africaโvanoramba vakasungwa, vari varanda uye vakasungwa nengetani. Vakavharirwa mujeri rehurombo. Yasvika nguva yokuvasunungura.โ Rusununguko urwu rwaizobva kupi - nekudzvanyirira kodzero dzemidziyo yekudyisa hupfumi hwemagariro zvisina kuderedzwa? Hurombo, sehudzvanyiriri, hwakagadzirwa nevanhu, saka hunogona kusaitwa nemunhu. Vapfumi, akadaro, vanofanira kupa varombo zvokudya.
Nhaka yaMandela harisi chete basa rake guru mukurwisa rusaruraganda. Iriwo basa rake mukurwisa masisitimu asina kurongeka emasimba, midziyo uye kufanira izvo zvinosunga vanhu vepasirese kubva kumagumo avo echokwadi. Pakanaka VaMandela, asi raramai nhaka yavo.
Vijay Prashad ndiye Edward Said Sachigaro paAmerican University yeBeirut muBeirut, Lebanon.
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