Ezona zinto zinzima ukujamelana nazo, igosa elinyanisekileyo leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo landixelela ukuba, โngabo bakwishumi elivisayo abangama-ruffians.โ Ndandithetha naye eMonrovia, ikomkhulu laseLiberia, ngowama-2004. Ibutho elikhulu leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, elinamandla ali-15,000 1997, lalizama ngamandla ukuhlutha izixhobo amajoni awayedlakaza loo ndawo kangangeminyaka engaphezu kweshumi. Abantu abaninzi bebecinga ukuba ukuthotywa kwezixhobo kuya kuba lula kuba inani elikhulu lamajoni aseLiberia sele beyihambile inkqubo enjalo ngaphambili, abanye babo kabini. Bekukhe kwakho inkqubo engaphelelanga, ejongwe yi-Ecomog (umbutho wongenelelo waseNtshona Afrika) kanye phambi konyulo olubi lowe-12,000, kwaye abanye babalweli baseLiberia baye bahluthwa izixhobo njengabalweli eSierra Leone ngexesha lenkqubo yelizwe (ngaphambili) yokuthotywa kwezixhobo. . Kodwa umzamo wokuqala wokuthomalalisa abantu wajika waba sisiphithiphithi emva kokuba umkhosi, befuna inkuthazo encinci yemali yokuhambisa izixhobo zabo ngaphambi kweKrisimesi, yahlasela iMonrovia. Ubuncinci abantu abasibhozo babulawa kugonyamelo olwalandelayo. Kwesi siganeko, iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo zahlawula amajoni ali-8,000 XNUMX kodwa zafumana izixhobo ezingama-XNUMX XNUMX kuphela.
Igosa leZizwe eziManyeneyo landixelela ngokuzolileyo malunga nentlanganiso ende yeeyure ezimbini eliye laba nalo โneeNjengele ezingama-48โ. โUninzi lwabo yayingabantwana, kunjalo,โ wongeze watsho. โKwaye ingxaki yeyokuba ezi Njengele zasehlathini zinomona ngokupheleleyo ngezikhundla zazo! Lenza igama elithi โferalโ lingabi nantsingiselo.โ Eli gosa lacebisa ukuba ndihambe nalo siye kuzibonela ngokwam eGbarnga. Ngokuthandabuza ndavuma. UGbarnga wayekhe waba likomkhulu likaCharles Taylor's National Patriotic Front yaseLiberia (NPFL), eyaqala imfazwe yaseLiberia. Lalinxuwa kakhulu; kwaye indlela yokuwohloka kwayo yayikukuba ngoku yayiziphelise, kwakhona, ukuya embindini weentlungu zaseLiberia: amajoni awayegxumeke iintente apho aye aphumla ngendlela eyoyikekayo kwaye enobundlobongela. Umgca omde wabo wenzeke kwindawo yecanton ukuze banikele ngemipu emidala eyi-AK 47 baze baqokelele imali yabo xa sifika apho. Izinto zabonakala zihamba kakuhle xa ngequbuliso umlo okwishumi elivisayo owayenebhandana ejikeleze intloko watsibela phambi komgca, waphakamisa umpu wakhe omdala waza waqalisa ukukhwaza kakubi amagosa eUN. โAmaqola kamamaโฆSinike imali yethu ngoku okanye siya eSierra Leone, eGuinea, e-Ivory Coast, siqale ukulwa kwakhonaโฆโ Ndachwechwa ndichwechwa.
Ndizifumene ndikhumbula esi sehlo sibandayo mva nje xa bendiqala ukufunda inoveli ka-Ahmadou Kourama ethi uAllah Akanyanzelwanga. Umlinganiswa wayo oyintloko onengcwangu, uBirihima, owayesakuba ngumlo ongumntwana owabona inkonzo kwiimfazwe zaseLiberia naseSierra Leone, ngovuyo uzichaza โnjengokrwada njengendevu yebhokhwe,โ nozinikele ekufungeni โnjengesibhanxa.โ Uhlabela mgama esithi: โAndisathethi nakancinane ngesiko lelali, kuba bendihlala eLiberia ndaza ndabulala abafana abaninzi ngeAK-47 (ebesiyibiza ngokuba โyikalashโ) ndaza ndaphathwa kakubi. kanif [intsangu] kunye nentaphane yeziyobisi.โ Uthi ngoku, ubhuqwa โziziporho zabantu abaninzi abamsulwa endababulalayo,โ yaye lo โasingomboniso owakhayo.โ
Le noveli yapapashwa okokuqala eFransi ngo-2000, kwaye umbhali wayo wase-Ivorian wasweleka kwiminyaka emithathu kamva. Yaba yimpumelelo enkulu eFransi, kodwa uhlelo lwayo lwesiNgesi, olupapashwe nguWilliam Heinemann kunyaka ophelileyo, lafumana amagqabantshintshi ambalwa ahloniphekileyo emva koko lalibaleka ngokukhawuleza. Ukusetyenziswa kwenoveli ngokukhululekileyo kunye nobudenge obuthile begama elithi 'nigger' mhlawumbi bekubekwe ecaleni kakhulu, kwaye ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo lenza ibali - ukuphononongwa okunamandla ngokwasengqondweni kwento embi yomkhosi wabantwana - ayiphakamisi kangako kumfundi wohlelo lwesiNgesi kunalo. ngokwenene kunjalo. Umbalisi uthi kwasekuqaleni kwinoveli ukuba "isihloko esipheleleyo, sokugqibela nesipheleleyo sebali lam lobullshit ngu-Allah akanyanzelekanga ukuba aziphathe kakuhle ngazo zonke izinto azenzayo emhlabeni." Yingqiqo yohlobo oluthile, ebonisa ukugxeka okuthe, kude kube mva nje, kungqonge into eyenzeka kumkhosi wabantwana.
Ukusetyenziswa kwabantwana kumlo oxhobileyo mhlawumbi kudala njengemfazwe ngokwayo, kwaye akuzange kupheleliselwe kwimikhosi engaqhelekanga. Nditsho noClauswitz, ingcali yethiyori yeemfazwe eziqhelekileyo, wajoyina umkhosi wasePrussia eneminyaka eyi-13; kwaye kwakukho amakhulu amawaka abantwana kuyo yonke imikhosi emikhulu eyalwa iiMfazwe ezimbini zehlabathi. Emva kokurhuqa iinyawo, ngowe-1989 amazwe ali-193 atyikitya iNgqungquthela yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo Ngamalungelo Omntwana, emisela iminyaka eli-15 njengeyona minyaka incinane yokwamkelwa kwimikhosi exhobileyo. Ngehlo i-US (kunye neSomalia, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ngenxa yokuba yayingenaye urhulumente) yatyikitya kodwa yala ukuvuma indibano. Le Ngqungquthela yayingahoywa kakhulu nangabo bayityikityayo, kwaye kwakungekho sixhobo sisemthethweni sokuyinyanzelisa. Ngeminyaka yoo-1980 iRenamo, iqela labavukeli elinoburhalarhume (kunye namajoni) eMozambiki elalilindele iSierra Leone yeRevolutionary United Front (RUF) ekusebenziseni ukunqunyulwa kwamalungu njengeqhinga lemfazwe, lenze ukugaywa kwabantwana kumkhosi walo (kwakwalindele iRUF). ) eyona nxalenye yovukelo lwayo. Amanye amaqela eenjubaqa aseAfrika, nawo alawula ngokuphawulekayo, alandela lo mzekelo; kunye nomboniso wabantwana abongezelelwe iziyobisi abaxhobe ngemipu ye-AK 47 kunye nokuphambana kwabantu abangakwazi ukuzikhusela kwaba yinto exhaphakileyo yemfazwe yaseAfrika: yaba ngumzekeliso wokungaphuhlisi kweli lizwekazi kunye nenkohlakalo engenangqondo. Emva kwephulo elibukhali โ elikhokelwa nguGraca Machel, inkosikazi kaNelson Mandela waseMozambique, ngenkxaso esebenzayo yoMphathiswa wezangaPhandle waseKhanada ngelo xesha uLloyd Axworthy โ ngokuchasene nale nyaniso yoyikekayo, iBhunga lezoKhuseleko leZizwe eziManyeneyo ngo-2000 lapasisa iOptional Protocol on the Involvement of Children. kwiNgxwabangxwaba eZixhobileyo, engazange yenze mahluko phakathi kwemikhosi esemthethweni kunye namajoni angengowakwarhulumente, neyayichaza ukuqeshwa kwabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka eli-18 (endaweni ye-15) iminyaka njengolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe.
Ukusukela ngoko, amatyala olwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe axhaswa yi-UN, njengaleyo yaseSierra Leone, aquka ukugaywa kwabantwana kumaqela axhobileyo njengolwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noluntu. Njengoko ndibhala, nangona kunjalo, kuqikelelwa ukuba abantwana abangama-300 000 basebenza kwimikhosi eyahlukeneyo okanye amaqela omkhosi kwihlabathi liphela. Ngexesha lemfazwe yaseSierra Leone, iRUF yayiza kwenza ukuba abantwana bayo bagaywe ngebhayonethi ebomvu-eshushu: amanani eRUF ayeqingqwe ngokoqobo emzimbeni wabo, esenza ukreqo - kuba abalweli beRUF babanjwe ngumkhosi karhulumente kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ngabahlali babedla ngokubulawa - phantse akunakwenzeka. . Aba bantwana - badlamkile, bakhohlakele, kwaye babulawa ngokugqithisileyo - babeza kuzulazula emaphandleni, betshabalalisa yonke into ephilayo abadibana nayo.
Ngaphambi nje kokuba kukhutshwe i-Optional Protocol, ndaya kwinkomfa eyayimalunga namajoni angabantwana, eyayiququzelelwa ngu-Axworthy (yaza yalungiselelwa nguMarcel) kwisixeko saseKhanada iWinnipeg ngowama-2000. Kwenye yezo ndibano, ndazama ukwahlula phakathi kwabantwana abaqweqwedisiweyo nabaqweqwedisiweyo nabaqweqwedisayo. bangeniswa kwimikhosi yomkhosi (njengoko yenzayo iRUF) nabo bathi, baziinkedama nabashiye bengenamakhaya ngenxa yamaphulo ogrogrisi abavukeli ngokuzithandela bazibandakanya nemikhosi okanye imikhosi exhasa urhulumente, bezifumanela ikhaya kunye nohlobo oluthile lokhuseleko. Itshantliziyo/usopolitiki waseLiberia uConmany Wesseh, owayebandakanyeke ngokukhutheleyo kule ngxaki eNtshona Afrika, wandibizela ecaleni waza wathi: โLo mbandela awuvumi ukuba unomahluko ulunge ngolo hlobo. Ukugaywa kwabantwana kulo naliphi na iqela elixhobileyo kubi. Uvula ithuba kuzo zonke iintlobo zamasolotyana ngokuxokozela: nguwuphi umahluko wokuziphatha nobungcali okhoyo phakathi kweminye imikhosi nawo onke la maqela abavukeli?โ Ingongoma yakhe yayingaphenduleki, kwaye ndathula ngalo mbandela ukususela ngoku.
Uphumelele ngendlela emangalisayo uIshmael Beah, Indlela Ende Yahamba: Iinkumbulo zejoni eliyiNkwenkwana (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007) wenza le ngongoma inye ngenye indlela, nangona iakhawunti yakhe ebuhlungu kodwa ethetha kakuhle ayizisombululi ncam ingxaki esembindini ebangelwa ngumba. UBeah wayesebenza njengejoni lomntwana kuMkhosi waseSierra Leone ngexesha lemfazwe yelizwe leminyaka elishumi. Incwadi yakhe, ebalisa ngamava akhe abuhlungu ngeli xesha, ibiphezulu kuluhlu lwabathengisi beNew York Times kangangeeveki ezininzi ngoku, kwaye inikezelwa yiStarbucks kumawaka eevenkile zayo zekofu eMntla Melika. Ibe yimvakalelo. Ngelixa ndifunda ikopi yam kwinqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya emfutshane ukusuka eChicago ukuya kwisiXeko saseNew York kutshanje, intombazana entle ekwishumi elivisayo yangqiyama phezu kwesihlalo sam yaza, igigitheka, yandibuza ukuba ndiwufumene umdla na. โNdimve [uBeah] ethetha izolo ndaze ndathenga ikopi apho,โ utshilo. โNdiyivuyele kakhulu!โ Yayiyeyona nto inconywayo engabhalwanga enokuthi yenziwe ngencwadi esandul 'ukukhululwa, ehlambulukileyo ekuthandeni kwayo kunye nokungabi msulwa; kwaye iphantse yenza enye โ umntu okhe wabhala malunga nemfazwe le ngxelo kaBeah ixhalabileyo โ yaphantse yaluhlaza ngomona. Oku kunokufundwa njengesibhengezo esipheleleyo. Ke manditsho kwangoko ukuba ndilifumene ibali likaBeah elothusayo lingonwabanga kwaye lanelisa kakhulu: umbhali, oneminyaka engama-27 ngoku, uvela njengomfana okrelekrele kakhulu onobugcisa obumangalisayo bokubhala. Kodwa ingxelo yakhe ineziphene ezicacileyo.
UBeah wayesele emva kwentsimbi yeshumi xa kwaqalisa imfazwe eSierra Leone. Wayefunda kwisikolo esikwilali esemazantsi eSierra Leone, eyaba yenye yezona ndawo ziphambili kungquzulwano olwaphalala igazi. Ngelo xesha, wayesele efunde uShakespeare, kwaye wayenokucaphula iindinyana ezivela kuJulius Caesar kwinkumbulo. Waye wanomdla kwiHip Hop yaseMelika. Le ncwadi sisifundo esiqhubekayo kwezo ntlukwano: inkcubeko ephezulu xa ithelekiswa nephantsi, okwishumi elivisayo othanda uShakespeare wenza ubungendawo, abahlali aboyikayo ngokuchasene nababulali abanamehlo abomvu, abantu abanobuhlobo ngokuchasene nezopolitiko ezikhohlakeleyo, inkohlakalo yengqondo echasene nobubele obusulungekileyo, iSierra Leone ehlwempuzekileyo. ngokuchasene nabatyebileyo baseNew York. Kwaye ngokukhawuleza kuyacaca ukuba le ncwadi ijolise, okokuqala kunye nokugqibela, kumfundi waseMelika. Akukho ngxaki ngaloo nto: kuba uBeah usixelela kwangethuba ukuba uzimisele ukulungisa umdla wabantwana awayefunda nabo ngaphambili ababesoloko berhanela ukuba wayengabaxeleli konke ngexesha lakhe langaphambili. Kwaye eli xesha lidlulileyo, ke ngoko, liza kuquka inkumbulo yakhe โyeentsuku ezimnandi zasehlotyeniโ eSierra Leone โ izandyondyo zemvula elizweni (ndingathetha ngexesha lemvula, akunjalo?), ekufuneka ngokuqinisekileyo yenze enye yazo. awona mava acacileyo omntu onganxibanga zihlangu etyholweni apho, akakhankanywanga (kwaye xa ekhankanywa ngokungenamsebenzi). I-Hip Hop ivuselelwa kuyo yonke indawo - kwaye kutheni kungenjalo? Inokunxulunyaniswa ngokulula nobundlobongela bompu kunye neziyobisi eMelika, imiba ephambili yamava kaBeah njengejoni eliyinkwenkwe. Akufunekanga umntu axakeke kakhulu apha, naxa uBeah ebiza iYele โnjengelali enkulu enezindlu ezingaphezu kweshumiโ (iph.101) โ eneneni yidolophu encinci enezindlu ezingaphezu kwekhulu.
Indawo awayehlala kuyo uBeah, kwindawo ethile kwiSithili saseMoyamba kuMazantsi eSierra Leone, ayizange ichatshazelwe yimfazwe ekuqaleni kwayo, kodwa emva koko abavukeli - bencediswa ngamajoni karhulumente akhohlakeleyo - bahlasela iSierra Leone Rutile Mines, apho wayesebenza khona utata kaBeah, ngo-1994. Babulala abanye abantu (ekubonakala ukuba babequka abazali bakaBeah) baza baxhwila abasebenzi abathile baseYurophu nabasebenzi abaphezulu baseSierra Leone. Ngelo xesha uBeah wayehlala kwilali engekude, yaye kungekudala nelali yakhe yahlaselwa. Wabaleka nabahlobo abambalwa, emva koko waqalisa uhambo olothusayo etyholweni ukuya kwindawo ethile. UBeah uchitha ixesha elininzi kolu hambo lwasehlathini ludandathekisayo-ubusuku obuchithe ehlathini buhlala bungenanto, ukudibana kakubi nabavukeli kwezinye iindawo, ukufa kunye nentshabalalo abadibana nayo endleleni, ububele ngamaxesha athile yena nabahlobo bakhe. indlela, uloyiko jikelele ngakumbi ukuba abantu badibana babe ngabantwana stragglers ababenokuba ngabavukeli, indlala etyhafisayo kunye kufutshane-ukudilika ibe yimpambano - malunga nesithuba esiphindwe kathathu, eneneni, kunokuba amava akhe okwenyani njengomntwana umlo. Injongo icacile. Ngaphandle kwale mvelaphi, ngaphandle kolwazi lokuphelelwa lithemba kwemeko kaBeah, umntu ebengayi kulungela oku:
Ubuso bam, izandla zam, ihempe yam nompu zazizele ligazi. Ndawuphakamisa umpu wam ndakhupha isibhamu, ndabulala indoda. Ngequbuliso, ngokungathi kukho umntu owadubulayo ngaphakathi engqondweni yam, zonke iindyikitya zokufa endazibona ukususela mhla ndachatshazelwa yimfazwe zaqalisa ukubambezeleka entloko. Ngalo lonke ixesha ndandiyeka ukudubula ukuze nditshintshe amaphephancwadi ndize ndibone abahlobo bam ababini abaselula abangaphiliyo, ngomsindo ndandijolisa umpu wam emgxobhozweni ndize ndibulale abantu abangakumbi. Ndadubula yonke into eshukumayo, sade sayalelwa ukuba sihlehle kuba sifuna elinye iqhinga.
UBeah uchaza idabi lakhe lokuqala lokwenyani kunye nabavukeli emva kokuqeshwa kwakhe kumkhosi waseSierra Leone ligosa elathi, njengoBeah, licaphule uShakespeare ngokuzonwabisa. Ukugaywa kwabantu, ngokungafaniyo nabavukeli beRevolutionary United Front (RUF), akuzange kunyanzeliswe, kodwa kwakungekuko ngokuzithandela. Kwakukwayinto ye-ad hoc: abaqeshwa abatsha babengabhaliswanga njengamajoni karhulumente, kwaye babengahlawulwa; bakubalela kumthetheli-waka, esenza ngokubona kwakhe, lowo ubambisileyo ke. Emva kweenyanga behamba ehlathini, abafana abancinci abalambileyo bebalekele embewu, uBeah nabahlobo bakhe babengenayo enye indlela xa, emva kokuchitha iintsuku ezithile kwidolophana apho umkhosi wawuzinzile, ba (kunye nomntu wonke. kwenye ilali) bacelwa ukuba bakhusele ilali kubavukeli ababeqalisile ukuyihlasela. Abahlobo ababini bakaBeah abaselula kakhulu babulawa kwisihlandlo sokuqala nabavukeli. Umgca wawugqitywe: uBeah uba ngumatshini wokubulala. Usixelela oku: โNdabamba intloko [yendoda] ndaza ndayinqumla umqala ngokushukuma ulwelo olunye. Iapile lika-Adam lakhe lavula imela elibukhali, ndaza ndajika intlaba egoso-goso njengoko ndandiyikhupha.โ
Yonke le nto isenokuba yinyani, kodwa into umntu ayikhumbulayo malunga nexesha lakhe elidlulileyo isoloko ilukhetho-ukhetho oluxhomekeke koko umntu acinga ukuba ulindelwe ngabaphulaphuli bakhe. Kunzima ukuziva, xa ufunda into efana nale ingasentla, ukuba uBeah uzimisele ekudlaleni ukuchwetheza: kukho zonke ezo voyeur emva koloyiko lokufikisa kunye nobundlobongela obungenangqondo baseAfrika. Esi inokuba sisigqibo esinomdla, kodwa umntu ucinga ukuba uBeah mhlawumbi unetyala lokuthetha phandle. Ukubulala abantu kuba yindlela yokuphila, isibophelelo: emfazweni kufuneka ubulale ukuze uhlale uphila. Injengele eyaqesha uBeah imxelela oku: โKhawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wotshaba, abavukeli ababulele abazali bakho, intsapho yakho, nabo babebekekโ ityala ngako konke okwenzekileyo kuwe.โ Wayeya kongeza athi: โ[Abavukeli] baphulukene nayo yonke into ebenza babe ngabantu. Abakufanelanga ukuphila. Yiyo loo nto kufuneka sibulale wonke umntu ... Yeyona nkonzo iphakamileyo onokuthi uyenzele ilizwe lakho. โ U-Beah uwuthathela entliziyweni lo myalezo - kangangokuba wenziwa igosa, eliphethe iqela lakhe labantwana abalwayo. UMbongo odumileyo kaWH Auden, othi, โSeptemba 1, 1939,โ malunga โneshumi leminyaka eliphantsi lokunganyanisekiโ โlamazwe amnyama omhlabaโ uthi qatha engqondweni yakho:
Mna noluntu siyayazi
Into efundwa ngabo bonke abantwana besikolo
Abo benziwe ububi kubo
Yenza ububi ngokubuyisela
Kwakubuhlungu kakhulu ku-Beah, ngokufanayo, kwaye kwiinyanga emva kokuhlangulwa kwakhe kobu bomi bokubulala yi-UN kunye ne-NGO ezinikele ekubuyiseleni amajoni ayesakuba ngumntwana, wayephethwe ngamaphupha amabi kunye ne-migraine rhoqo (iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga iziyobisi ezinzima ababezondla ngazo yonke imihla). Ukubuyiselwa kwimeko yesiqhelo kuye kwaba nzima kakhulu kunokufakwa kwakhe emkhosini, kwaye kwabakho amaxesha obundlobongela obugqithileyo - kwaqhambuka imilo phakathi kwamajoni angabantwana ababesebenza neSierra Leone kunye nabo babesilwe neRUF (iCampu yokuvuselela yazisa. imikhosi yamaqela ahlukeneyo kunye.), ishiya ukuphulukana nobomi. Ekufikeni kwakhe enkampini, uBeah udibana nelinye ijoni elalingumntwana elalijonge kuye njengomvukeli weRUF. UBeah, owayefihle isiqhushumbisi epokothweni yakhe, wayithatha, yaza inkwenkwe yakhupha i-bayonet. UBeah wabuza ukuba ngubani lo mfana. โSisuka kwisithili saseKono,โ yaphendula le nkwenkwe. โAwu, isithili sedayimani!โ, uAlhaji, umhlobo kaBeah, uyaphendula. Ekugqibeleni le nkwenkwana ithi: โNdandilwela umkhosi. Abavukeli bayitshisa ilali yam baza babulala abazali bam, nawe ufana nomnye wabo.โ Umlo obulalayo wathintelwa. Lixesha elixelayo, kodwa ngokukhawuleza uBeah ubalisa enye indibano ebonakala ngathi yenza enye, inqaku elibaluleke ngakumbi. Yena nomnye umhlobo wakhe, uMambu, bahlasela omnye owayesakuba lijoni elingumntwana okhangeleka ngendlela eyahlukileyo. "Ngumntu onjani womkhosi onxiba iimpahla zaseburhulumenteni?" UMambu ubuza kulomfana. Le nkwenkwana iyaphendula: โSasilwela iRUF; umkhosi lutshaba. Sasilwela inkululeko, yaye umkhosi wabulala intsapho yam waza wayitshabalalisa ilali yam.โ Kuqhambuka umlo ombi ngoko nangoko, yaye abantu abaliqela bayabulawa.
Akubalulekanga, ngamanye amazwi, ukuba umntu wayesilwa kweliphi na icala ngexesha lemfazwe: onke amacala ayenezimangalo ezivakalayo zokuba woniwe: onke amaqela axhobileyo elizweni enze izenzo zenkohlakalo, kwaye onke afanele aphendule kwinqanaba elifanayo. . Akukho mahluko, esi siganeko sibonakala sicebisa, kwindlela yokugaya kunye nokungeniswa kwimikhosi eyahlukeneyo yokulwa. Ingxaki kukuba oku akuyonyani, kwaye kucacile kwi-akhawunti ye-Beah ngokubanzi ukuba le ngongoma ayinangqondo: ikhangeleka njenge-sop kubakhankasi ngokuchasene nejoni labantwana. Liphulo elibekekileyo, kodwa njengoko benditshilo kwinkomfa yaseWinnipeg, kukho umahluko obonakalayo kwindlela iRUF eyabaqesha ngayo abantwana abalwayo kunye nendlela owenze ngayo umkhosi kunye noMkhosi woKhuselo woLuntu (CDF). Isiphelo sinokuba sasifana kakhulu, kodwa ndiyathandabuza ukuba ngaba naliphi na igosa - i-UN okanye i-NGO - yayinokungena kwinkampu ye-RUF (njengoko benzile kumkhosi omkhulu kunye neenkampu ze-CDF, kuquka ne-Beah) ukuthatha amajoni abantwana ukuba abuyiselwe kwisimo sangaphambili. iinkampu. Abalweli beRUF kwiinkampu zokubuyisela abantu kwisimo sangaphambili babembalwa kakhulu, ngaphambi kokuba imfazwe iphele, yaye ngokuqinisekileyo abazange banikezelwe ngabaphathi babo...
Incwadi kaBeah ayiboneleli ngembali yemfazwe okanye imvelaphi yongquzulwano (akukho mntu kufuneka alindele ukuba umntwana enze oku). Ixabiso layo elilodwa lelokuba linika ingqiqo ekucingeni kwamajoni angabantwana, kwaye libonisa - kumsebenzi olandelayo kaBeah - ukuba ukubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo kunokwenzeka ngokugqithisileyo. UBeah washiya iSierra Leone emva kokuchitha igazi kwi-1997 (wayekade esebenza njengesithethi kwinkomfa ye-UN eNew York malunga nejoni labantwana). Wabuyela eNew York waza wamkelwa ngumfazi waseMelika awayedibene naye kutyelelo lwakhe lokuqala. Apho ufunda ekholejini, wafumana isidanga, kwaye ngoku uye wasinika esi sikhumbuzo sibalulekileyo. Ngenxa yesi sizathu nje kuphela, le ncwadi ifanelwe yimbeko ekunikiwe yona.
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