Ekugqibeleni, ngokumangalisayo, bayenza yonke into yabonakala ngathi yi-anticlimax. Ulonyulo lwase-Liberia lwakutsha nje, isiganeko esibalulekileyo senguqu enzima yelizwe ukusuka kumlo okhohlakeleyo ukuya eluxolweni, lwalungiswa kwangethuba ukuze luhambelane nebali elaziwayo. Inkwenkwezi edumileyo yebhola ekhatywayo uGeorge Weah, owaphuma kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ophuma kwimvelaphi ehlwempuzekileyo, wayebaleka ngokuchasene noqoqosho lwase-Urbane oqeqeshwe yi-Harvard kunye nezopolitiko ixesha elide u-Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Amajelo eendaba aseNtshona anomdla wesiko wolu hlobo lokufunda ngokwahlukileyo, kwaye sisigqibo ebesilindelwe ngaphambili ukuba bangathanda bani: Ibali lika-Weah's rags-to-rich, ibali eliqhelekileyo laseMelika, liphumelele ukhuphiswano kwasekuqaleni. Ulonyulo ngokwalo, nangona kunjalo, beluya kungqineka lwahlukile. Kwaye xa uJohnson-Sirleaf ephumelele unyulo lokubaleka ngomyinge omhle (i-60 pesenti yeevoti), abeendaba bakhawuleza bakhulisa u-Weah's omuncu, amabango akrakra okuba unyulo luqhathiwe. Ngoko ke unyulo lokuqala loMongameli obhinqileyo kwi-Afrika ekwi-Sub Saharan รขโฌโ isiganeko esingumqondiso ngokwalo รขโฌโ siye saba nobuchule obuthile.
Ndaqala ukudibana no-Johnson-Sirleaf, ngexa ndandiselubhacweni e-Ivory Coast (wayebalekele owayesakuba nguMongameli uCharles Taylor's rule despotic) ngo-2001, ndadibana naye kwakhona kwiiveki ezimbalwa phambi konyulo. Ethetha kwaye edlamkileyo, uJohnson-Sirleaf mhlawumbi ngoyena mntu uphumeleleyo welizwe laseLiberia; yaye kummandla ozaliswe zizikrelemnqa ezilusizi neenkokeli ezingenambala, unyanzelekile ukuba agqame, isini sakhe kunye nelizwe elibethwayo lisecaleni. Xa sadibana e-Ivory Coast, wayexakekile eququzelela iqela labasetyhini base- grassroots elibandakanyeka kuphuhliso lwasemaphandleni e-Liberia. (Eli qela lingabonakala libaluleke kakhulu ekuhlanganiseni amashumi amawaka abavoti ababhinqileyo abaqinisekise uloyiso lukaJohnson-Sirleaf). Wandichukumisa njengomntu olazi ngokunzulu ilizwe lakhe, esoloko ecinga ngeengxaki zalo, yaye ke ngoko eyazi into efunekayo ukuze aqalise ukuzilungisa รขโฌโ zonke iimpawu eziya kwenza inkokeli ephumelelayo.
Kusengaphambili kakhulu ukuba singatsho, kodwa kubonakala ngathi abantu baseLiberia benze ukhetho olufanelekileyo ngeli xesha. Ngo-1997, xa uTaylor wabaleka emva koqhushululu olukhohlakeleyo, isilogeni esamenza ukuba alawule sasisithi: รขโฌหWabulala umama wam. Wabulala i pa yam. Kodwa ndiza kumvotela!รข Abaxhasi baka-Weah benze utshintsho kule ndawo yendibano imbi kakhulu, kwimijikelo yokuqala yovoto ngo-Okthobha: รขโฌหIngaba wambulala uMa wakho? Hayi Ngaba wabulala pa yakho? Hayi. Emva koko uvotele uGeorge Weah!รขโฌ UWeah wayengumchasi uTaylor, onokuthi ngokuqinisekileyo wayengenguye umdlali kwimbali yamva nje ebuhlungu yaseLiberia. Umjikelo wokuqala wawuneqela leenkokeli ezazisakuba ngamajoni nazo ezazibaleka. Kodwa xa ukhuphiswano lwehliswa ku-Weah noJohnson-Sirleaf, yena ngokwakhe owayenokuthi akabulalanga mntu uthile okanye ma, abalandeli baka-Weah baqulunqa omnye, umgca ongaphefumlelwanga kangako: โUyayazi incwadi, yena okanye hayi. Kodwa ndiza kumvotela!โ Abantu baseLiberia, kwafumaniseka ukuba babesazi ngcono kunokunyula umntu oza kubhiyozela ukusilela kwemfundo.
Emva kokuba ndichithe iiveki ezimbini eLiberia ngaphambi nje konyulo, into eyandichukumisayo emva koko yayingesosikhalo sokudlala intlonti kaWeah nabaxhasi bakhe; oku kwakuphantse kwaqikelelwa. Into eyandichukumisayo kukuba unyulo lubanjwe konke konke, kungathethi nto malunga nokunyuka okuphezulu kunye nokuziphatha okucwangcisiweyo kwabavoti ngexesha lokuvota. Olona xhala luphambili phambi konyulo, ngaphandle nje koloyiko lokuqhuba unyulo kwilizwe apho uninzi lwalo lungafikelelekiyo, yayikukuba abantu abonzekileyo nabanomkhosi banokuthi baziphathe njani ngexesha lomzuzu we-octane ephezulu. Malunga nesiqingatha sabavoti ababhalisiweyo asizange sivote ngaphambili, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo olu yayilunyulo lokuqala lwaseLiberia olungenamfihlo. Okwaye kwadityaniswa noku kukuba ezinye zeenkokheli zomkhosi ezancedisa ekubhubhiseni ilizwe ziye zavela phakathi kwabagqatswa abangamashumi amabini anesibini ababelwela ukuba ngumongameli. Inyaniso yokuba ekupheleni konyulo abagqatswa ababini abakhokelayo baya kuba ngabantu abaneemvelaphi ezinobubele ibonisa indlela iLiberia ekude ngayo.
Eli lizwe lincinane laseNtshona Afrika, njengommelwane walo iSierra Leone, laba sisibane sethemba nenkuthazo kubantu abaninzi belifa lemveli lama-Afrika phantse kwinkulungwane ye-19 nakwinxalenye yenkulungwane yama-20. Ebhala ngezi zibini ngo-1887, u-Edward Blyden, i-Pan Africanist enkulu, wayenethemba elikhulu malunga neziphumo eziluncedo eziya kuba nazo la mazwe mabini kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika. รขโฌลAyikho indawo yaseNtshona Afrika apho uvula kunye namathuba okwazisa impucuko kunye nobuKristu kweli lizwekazi mkhulu kunala mazwe adibanayo akhoyo,รขโฌ ubhale watsho. รขโฌลUmtsalane abawunikezelayo kwiinzame ze-philanthropist kunye ne-African Colonisationist (ngokwengqiqo yaseMelika yelo binzana) azikho ngaphandle kwezizathu njeรขโฌยฆakunzima ukuqikelela iziphumo [zala mazwe mabini] kwizinto ezinomdla ngokubanzi. yempucuko, kwintlalontle yohlanga lwamaNegro, naphezu kwesizathu esikhulu soluntu.รขโฌ
โOyena nobangela mkhulu woluntuโ: umnqa kukuba, ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, la mazwe mabini aza kumela ingxaki enkulu eluntwini endaweni yoko. Imfazwe eyingozi yazitshabalalisa ezi zimbini, kwaye kwacaca gca ukuba ubutyebi bamazwe ngenene bunxibelelene ngendlela engenakuhlukaniswa. Yiloo nto unyulo lwaseLiberia mhlawumbi ibingowona msitho ujongwe ngeliso elibukhali kulo mmandla; imida yayo idlulela ngaphaya kwemida yayo.
Ndithethe noGqr. Amos Sawyer, owayesakuba nguMongameli wase-Liberia kwaye mhlawumbi noyena ingqondi owaziwayo welizwe, emnxebeni kamsinya nje emva konyulo. Wayenemincili. โIthuba elikhulu,โ utshilo, livulwe lunyulo. Unyulo รขโฌลluvule indawo kuluntu, kwaye luza kuzisa ingcacisoรขโฌ kwimiba emininzi. Ngokombono kaGqr. Sawyer, unyulo luya kunceda ukuzisa inkqubo yoxolo kunye noxolelwaniso ummandla wonke obandakanyekayo ngoku, kwaye uncede ukugxila kwimiba ebalulekileyo yophuhliso loqoqosho.
Umntu angathemba kuphela, ngenxa yembali yamva nje engonwabanga kakhulu, ukuba uGqr. Sawyer unyanisile. INtshona Afrika, ekugqibeleni, idinga ikhefu.
Incwadi kaLansana Gberie, Imfazwe Emdaka eNtshona Afrika: I-RUF kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kweSierra Leone, ipapashwe nguHurst kunye neNkampani yaseLondon.
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