B
ey
emhlophe eUnited States ithetha ukuba ungaze ucinge ngento
Oku kuthi. Kwaye uninzi lwabantu abamhlophe abanalo. Enyanisweni, nayiphi na i-frank
Ingxoxo ngobuhlanga yenza abantu abaninzi abamhlophe abakhululekileyo okanye abasekhohlo
ngoko nangoko uvalo okanye ukuzikhusela. I-US ifanele ukuba "i-colorblind,"
emveni kwakho konke. Kwaye yeyiphi indlela engcono yokubonisa ubumfama kunokuba ngabom
ukungahoyi into okanye umntu?
James
Uxwebhu lweSpooner
Afropunk: โ
Ilitye kunye
Roll Nigger"
amava
ukrazula iimfama
ngaphandle kwenceba, kodwa ngothando olucacileyo lwabantu, umculo,
kunye nezinye iindawo zomboniso wepunk ezifana ne-DIY ethics. I
isihloko "
I-Rock and Roll Niggerโ
sisalathiso kwi
ingoma kaPatti Smith enegama elifanayo apho athelekisa umzabalazo wakhe
njengebhinqa elimhlophe kumculo we-rock ukuya kulowo wabantu abaNtsundu
ukulwa nengcinezelo yabamhlophe. U-Spooner ubuyisele isihloko kwi
isenzo sokwabiwa ngokutsha kwenkcubeko.
Afropunk
ilandela ubomi babantu abane abaNtsundu ababandakanyeka kwipunk rock
umfanekiso: UTamar Kali, ibhinqa elikwisiXeko saseNew York; Moe Mitchell, imvumi
kwiqela leqela elithi Cipher laseLong Island, eNew York; UMat Davis, emva kwexesha
ilungu elivela kwiqela le-Ten Grand elivela e-Iowa City, e-Iowa; kunye noMariko
Jones, umhleli wephephandaba
I-Inflight yeNtlalo
kwiNqila yeOrenji,
California. Lo mboniso bhanya-bhanya uphonononga iindlela ezahlukeneyo zomculo we-punk we-Black
abaneminyaka eyi-15 ukuya kwengama-50 ubudala, kwipunk hardcore uninzi lwabo
indawo, jongana nemiba esukela kwindlela oziva ngayo ukuba nguwe kuphela
Umntwana omnyama kumboniso, ukuya kubudlelwane beentlanga ezahlukeneyo, ukuziva ungaxhaswanga
luluntu oluNtsundu ngenxa yokuba yipunk.
In
iindlela ezininzi,
Afropunk
yanika ukwamkelwa okuyimfuneko kakhulu kunye nokuqinisekiswa
kwiipunk ezimnyama. Omnye umxholo owawuphindaphindwa kumboniso wawusithi
ucela umngeni kuluvo lokuba umculo wepunk ayingo โmculo wabaNtsundu.โ
Iipunks ezininzi eziMnyama (ngokwahlukileyo) zaxoxa ukuba i-rock and roll yayiyiyo
Ngokwenene umculo wase-Afrika kuqala kwaye wakhomba kwii-groundbreakers ezifana
UChuck Berry, uRichard omncinci, kunye noJimi Hendrix ukuze babonise
inqaku. Omnye ugxininisa ukuba ukugqojozwa kobuso kukwaAfrika, ukuya
ubuyele โetyholweniโ kudala ngaphambi kokuba ibe โyipunk.โ
Ngokuqhelekileyo,
Imibuzo kaSpoonerโkunye neempendulo zabo kudliwano-ndlebe naboโyabetha
kufutshane kakhulu nekhaya ukuze ufumane intuthuzelo. Ndithe xa ndibona abantwana bebrown besitsho
izinto ezazibonisa indlela yokuzithiya okanye ukungazihloneli
baye bafaka ngaphakathi kunye nendlela abahlobo babo abamhlophe babonakala benza ngayo
I worse. Ndiye ndatswina kuba aba bantwana bebethetha izinto mhlawumbi mna
watsho ngaxesha lithile ndizama ukubambana nelifa lam lamaTshayina
kunye nesazisi sam njengomntwana we-anarchist. USpooner naye wathi, โMna
cinga ukuba abantu abaninzi abaNtsundu kwindawo baziva becaphukile ngokuba
okuphela kweqela labo labahlobo ekufuneka acinge ngobuhlanga.
Oku kubabonisa ukuba kutheni kubalulekile.โ
It
yayingaqhelekanga indlela abantu ababedlan' indlebe ngayo namakhulu eekhilomitha neenyanga ezininzi
ngaphandle, kodwa ngubani owabelana ngamava aqhelekileyo okuba nguMnyama kuphela
umntwana we-punk kwindawo yabo, bavakalisa iimvakalelo zomnye nomnye,
ngamanye amaxesha ngokwelizwi.
inye
Isiganeko esibuhlungu ngakumbi kodwa esihlekisayo sihlolisise indlela abantu abasabela ngayo
ukubona omnye umntu oNtsundu kumboniso. Abantu abaliqela basabela
ukuba, nangona bekhawuleza ukufuna iipunks zemibala,
baba namava apho omnye umntu wayebacekisa ngelithi: โMna
Ndifuna ukunyuka ndiye kubo, kodwa andifuni ukuba ngathi, 'Ndinjalo
Mnyama, umnyama; sifanele sithetheโ size sifike kukho into engaqhelekanga.โ
"Ngamaxesha athile
Ndiza kufumana i-dissโฆ. Njengaloo mntu unokuba nguMnyama, kodwa
abezanga apha ukuze babe baNtsundu.โ
enye
Amava aqhelekileyo kwiipunks eziMnyama ayexelelwa ngabamhlophe babo
abahlobo, โAwungoMnyama ngenene.โ Oku โkukhuselekile
Abantu abamnyamaโโingcamango yokuba abantu abaNtsundu abangakwenziyo oko
sebenza ngokwemilinganiselo evumelekileyo yeenkolelo zabantu abamhlophe
kubo babengengobantu baNtsundu ngokwenene yaye ngaloo ndlela โbekhuselekileโโyayinjalo
ingakumbi izithuko kwiipunks eziMnyama kwaye zaveza ubunzulu obumhlophe
Iingcinga zobugqwirha zigqugqisile kuninzi lwabo baye bahlalisana
njengabamhlophe, kwanabo โbanengqondo ephangaleleyo.โ
Ngethamsanqa,
ifilim ikwazele yimizekelo yeepunks eziMnyama (ubukhulu becala kwezazo
20s emva kwexesha) ababonisa ukuba ukuzithanda, ulwazi lwenkcubeko, ubuchule,
umntu ngamnye, kunye nokuzinikela kumzabalazo wabaMnyama/waseAfrika unako
ukodlula ukuba wedwa, ukwahlukana, kunye nokuzinza komntu ongenankxaso
indawo yepunk emhlophe. UTamar Kali uyaqhubeka ephila kwaye enze umculo
amagama akhe kunye nomngeni kwiimvakalelo zomculo zokuphazamiseka kwakhe
abamelwane. Moe Mitchell, ingcali yezithethe zamandulo zase-Afrika
kunye namandla okuqhuba kwindawo yaseNew York, iyaqhubeka
ukutyhala imida yepunk kwaye yintoni emnyama.
Mhlawumbi
eyona nto ingcono evela kwifilimu yibhodi yemiyalezo ephawulweyo
โUluntuโ kwiwebhusayithi yeAfropunk. Ibhodi yemiyalezo
igcinwa nguSpooner kwaye uhlala ethatha inxaxheba kwiingxoxo,
kodwa kuyabonakala ukuba ngabasebenzisi ababhalisiweyo abangama-300,
iindwendwe ezahlukeneyo, kunye nabanye abakhenkethi bewebhu abanomdla abavusa umdla
iingxoxo kwaye ufumane iindlela ezintsha zokwenza ipunk kunye nogqatso luhambelane nelinye
enye. Imixholo ekuxoxwa ngayo ibandakanya ulwabiwo lwenkcubeko, iintloko ezimnyama,
kunye nesazisi sezizwe ezimbini. Kukho icandelo lokuthetha โnge
indawo,โ enye ukuxoxa ngezopolitiko kunye nendawo yokucebisa
iincwadi kunye neemagazini. Iipunks ezimnyama eChicago ezidibene kwibhodi yemiyalezo
ngoku badibana kwi-brunches kunye nokumisela imiboniso. Kukho ngokulinganayo
thetha ngokubeka umnyhadala wepunk emnyama kwixesha elizayo.
kodwa
kuSpooner, owashiya indawo yepunk kwiminyaka ngaphambi kokwenza
Afropunk
,
ifilimu ayizange ibe malunga nepunk nje. Yifilimu awayenzayo ngokuyintloko
kubantu abaNtsundu. Ekugqibeleni,
Afropunk
uyasikhumbuza ukuba
i-punk rock okanye naphi na kwenye indawo, kuya kuthatha abantu bombala ukulungelelanisa
ukuzakhela indawo kunye nocelomngeni "lobumhlophe"
ukuze siqhubele phambili ekulinganeni kokwenyani.