Abaninzi bacinga ukuba inguqu yaseFransi yayiyeyona nto ibalulekileyo kumlo woluntu wokulingana. Ukanti kwamanye amazwe aseMelika, imvukelo yamakhoboka eHaiti ngokuchasene neenkosi zayo zamakoloniyali aseFransi yaphawula isiqalo sokwenyani kuhambo olusingise enkululekweni.
Kwiminyaka engamakhulu amabini eyadlulayo, ngokuchaseneyo nawo onke amathuba, abantu baseHaiti benza inguqu yokuqala neyimpumelelo yekhoboka kwimbali yehlabathi.
Uloyiso lwemvukelo lwafakwa kwingqondo yamakhoboka kunye nabanini bamakhoboka ngokufanayo, besasaza ithemba kunye noloyiko kulo lonke ihemisphere.
Nangona kunjalo isiseko seHaiti, esenze ukuba ibe sisizwe sesibini esizimeleyo kwiLizwe elitsha, samkelwa ngobutshaba obusondeleyo. Xa amakhoboka kulo lonke eli lizwekazi elandela umzekelo wayo ngokwenza imvukelo, uhlanga oluneenkani kwafuneka lufundiswe isifundo.
Phantse onke amazwe adityaniswa ukuba athintele uqoqosho lweli lizwe elitsha ngothintelo lwezoqoqosho kunye nokwahlukaniswa kwezopolitiko, ngelixa iVatican ikhumbula abefundisi bayo.
"KwiCaribbean, ilizwe elincinci lamangalisa ihlabathi," u-Euvonie Georges-Auguste, uVodou Mambo (Umfundisi) wathetha nabafundi abambalwa baseRyerson ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi.
"Kwaye siya kuqhubeka nokumangalisa ihlabathi kuba sikholelwa kubuzalwana, kuba idemokhrasi yokwenene isekelwe kubuzalwana."
Ukanti umzabalazo wenkululeko usaqhubeka unanamhla. Ngelixa ubutyebi bendalo obutyebileyo baseHaiti buyenze lelinye lawona mathanga anengeniso yaseFransi, ngoku lelona lizwe lihlwempuzekileyo kwintshona yehemisphere. Njengoko uAuguste echaza, "iHaiti ayilolizwe elihlwempuzekileyo, kodwa lilizwe elihlwempuzekileyo, eliye laba lihlwempu ngenxa yabantu abeza bathabatha yonke into kweli lizwe kwaye banike nto."
Kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka emibini yenkululeko yaseHaiti, ubhukuqo-mbuso lwagxotha inkokeli yelizwe eyenyulwe ngokwentando yesininzi, uJean-Bertrand Aristide. Kwisikhumbuzo esicacileyo sendlela umdla wamazwe angaphandle osalawula ngokuthe ngqo ngayo ilizwe, imikhosi yaseMelika yamkhupha ngenqwelomoya uAristide waza uGerard Latortue, owayehlala eFlorida iminyaka eli-15 edlulileyo, wanikwa umongameli.
U-Auguste ukhala ngokuwa kuka-Aristide owathi, ngokungafaniyo nabo bonke ababengaphambi kwakhe, akazange aguqule ubutyebi besizwe kwiiakhawunti zebhanki zaseSwitzerland. Uphawula ukuba imvelaphi ka-Aristide kumsebenzi wentlalontle yamnika intando yezopolitiko ukutyalomali kubantu kunye nokuzama ukuhlambulula ilizwe lentlupheko yalo engapheliyo.
UAuguste uxelele indibano yaseRyerson ukuba ihlale iqhubeka kwimfuno yabo yoluntu olungcono. "Umntu owayefanekisela uluntu olungcono eHaiti yayinguJean-Bertrand Aristide."
Urhulumente ka-Aristide wayengowokuqala ukuqaphela iVodou njengenkolo, ephelisa iminyaka eyi-500 yokukhutshwa kunye nokucalulwa kwabasebenzi beVodou. UAuguste wakhonza njengommeli weVodou kwiKhabhinethi ka-Aristide.
UVodou ube negalelo ekukhuthazeni i-Revolution yaseHaiti. Yadibanisa amakhoboka abiwe kumazwe aseAfrika ahlukeneyo phantsi kwenkqubo yenkolelo edibeneyo, ngelixa uVodou naye wakhuthaza abantu ukuba balwele inkululeko yabo.
Noko ke, emva kohlaziyo, amaFrentshi abuyela ukuze aqhube inkqubo yemfundo yelizwe.
Abalandeli beVodouism bavalwa ezikolweni, benyanzela abantu ukuba badibanise necawa yobuKristu ukuba bafuna ukufundiswa.
UAuguste ungqina esithi: “AmaFrentshi akazange abaxolele ookhokho bethu ababengabalandeli bemvukelo ngenxa yemvukelo abayifumanayo.
Esikhundleni sokumisela i-Vodou njengenkolo eyabangela inkululeko, u-Auguste wathi urhulumente waseHaiti, "wavumelana namakholoni ethu ukuba anciphise iVodou."
Kanye njengokuba uluntu lwaseHaiti luye lwahlula ixesha elide phakathi kweeklasi, ukwesaba okunzulu kwenkolo yaseAfrika kwabangela ukuba ikhutshwe "njengengaphantsi" kubuKristu, nangona abaninzi baqhubeka bedibanisa iinkolelo zeVodou kwinkolo yabo yobuKristu.
Yade yafikelela kwinqanaba apho uthixo wasemzini wayelungile kwaye oothixo bethu bababiza ngokuba ngumtyholi.
I-Vodou ye-Auguste, yinto ehambelana ngokunzulu kwi-psyche yaseHaiti, kwaye ngokuyishiya, abantu basengozini yokuqhawula inxalenye yabo.
Ngoxa iHaiti isenokuba ihlwempuzekile ngokwemali, uAuguste uthi iye yazuz’ ilifa inkcubeko etyebileyo ngokomoya. I-Vodouism ibheka ihlabathi njengentsapho kunye nabo bonke abantu bayo njengabazalwana.
Imilinganiselo yobuKristu efundiswa ezikolweni iyamkhathaza uAuguste, ekugculeleni kwabo iVodouism kunye nokutsho ukuba abafazi kufuneka bazithobe kubayeni babo.
Ekugqibeleni, ukuze isizwe sihambele phambili, uAuguste ucinga ukuba kuyimfuneko ukufundisa oomama abadla ngokukhulisa abantwana babo bebodwa.
"Ukuba [umntwana wakho uba] yiNkulumbuso, thina [omama] simenze iNkulumbuso, kwaye ukuba bangamalungu emigulukudu simenza abe ngakwimigulukudu...
Kuthe xa kumashumi amabini eminyaka emva kokuzimela geqe kweHaiti, iFrance yasoyikisa ngokuphinda isenze amakhoboka esi siqithi ukuba ayilihlawulanga ityala elikhulu, kwanyanzeleka ukuba kuvalwe isikolo ngasinye.
Ilizwe kunye nenkqubo yalo yezemfundo ibisoloko isokola ukuphuma kolu kuncipha lubangelwa ngamatyala ukusukela ngoko.
UAuguste wayekhokela iphulo lokufunda ukulesa kwisebe laseNtshona laseHaiti ebudeni bexesha lika-Aristide.
UAuguste uchaza izikolo ezifaniswa namatyotyombe kwaye uthi iiyunivesithi zimbi kakhulu. Maxa wambi abantwana kuye kufuneke babekelwe imiqathango kwisidlo esinye ngosuku ukuze abazali babo bakwazi ukubathumela esikolweni.
Iyamkhathaza into yokuba, njengakumaxesha obukoloniyali, abona bafundi baqaqambileyo bathunyelwa ukuya kufunda kumazwe aphesheya apho banazo zonke iingenelo ezibenza bangaze bafune ukubuyela eHaiti.
UAuguste ufumanisa ukuba xa befika kumazwe angaphandle bavakalelwa kukuba ubuntu babo bungaphantsi, ukusa kwinqanaba lokuba balahle ubuni babo baseHaiti.
Ekugqibeleni, u-Auguste wathi ukufa kuka-Aristide ngokungalindelekanga kwakhawuleza ukumthintela ukuba awise umthetho wokunyusa umvuzo omncinci waseHaiti (abaninzi abasebenzi ngoku baphila nge-$ 2 ngosuku).
Umfundi waseRyerson u-Mohammad Ali obesebenza kunye neKomiti yeNtshukumo yaseToronto Haiti, okwangoku ezama ukunyusa imali yokwakha isikolo eHaiti, uyavumelana. U-Ali waqaphela iphulo lomvuzo ophantsi we-10 yeedola eCanada kufuneka inxulunyaniswe nomzabalazo wamazwe ngamazwe wokuthotywa kweendleko zabasebenzi.
"Bathi eCanada ukuba umvuzo omncinci uyenyuka, uya kuthumela imisebenzi eMexico, kwaye eMexico ukuba umvuzo omncinci uyenyuka, baya kuthumela imisebenzi eHaiti," utshilo u-Ali. "Kodwa baphelelwa ngamazwe kweli lizwekazi ukuba bathumele imisebenzi."
UShane Milne, ilungu leklabhu yobulungisa bentlalontle yaseRyerson, uthe uya kukhuthaza iCanada Federation of Students ukuba yamkele isindululo esigxeka umsebenzi weZizwe eziManyeneyo waseHaiti kunye nokubonisa ubumbano lwabo nabafundi baseHaiti.
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