Ebutsheni balo nyaka, ooSista baseSt. Brigid bandimema ukuba ndiye kuthetha kwabo Feile uMtshakazi Umbhiyozo eKildare, eIreland. Umxholo wale ndibano wawusithi: โVumela Ilizwi Lokubandezeleka Lithethe.โ
OoSista bamkele iiprojekthi ezininzi zokukhusela okusingqongileyo, bamkele ababaleki kwaye baxhathise ngokungenabundlobongela iimfazwe. Ndaziva ndinombulelo ngokuphinda ndiqhagamshelane nabantu abachase ngamandla nayiphi na inkxaso yaseIreland kwiimfazwe zase-US eIraq. Baye bakhankasela ukuphelisa izohlwayo zezoqoqosho ngokuchasene ne-Iraq, besazi ukuba amakhulu amawaka abantwana baseIraq babandezeleka kwaye bafa ngenxa yokunqongophala kokutya, amayeza kunye namanzi acocekileyo. Kulo nyaka, ooSista bandicelile ukuba ndiqale ndidibane nolutsha lwasekuhlaleni oluza kukhumbula elinye ixesha lendlala elinyanzeliswa ngamandla ombuso.
UJoe Murray, ngubani okhokelayo Isenzo sase-Ireland (Afri), wenze amalungiselelo okuba iklasi evela kwiKholeji yaseDublin iBeneavin De La Salle ijoyine umbhali-mbali waseIreland kwibala elikufuphi neDunshaughlin. indlu yomsebenzi ngaphandle kwedolophu yaseDublin.
Ezo zindlu zokusebenzela zithe thaa kwimbonakalo yelizwe laseIreland naseNgilani. Phakathi kwe19th Ngenkulungwane, ebudeni beminyaka yendlala, yayiziindawo ezoyikekayo. Abantu ababesiya apho babesazi ukuba basondele kukufa ngenxa yendlala, izifo, nobuhlwempu. Okubuhlungu kukuba, emva kwendlu yokusebenzela kwakukho ingcwaba.
Aba bafana babengenakuzibamba badlala kancinci, ekuqaleni; babesenza ntoni ehlabathini kwibala elisecaleni kwesakhiwo esihle, iinyawo zabo sele zimanzi kwingca emanzi njengoko kwakunetha imvula? Kungekudala banikela ingqalelo.
Safumanisa ukuba indlu yokusebenzela yaseDunshaughlin yayivulwe ngoMeyi we-1841. Yayinokwamkela amabanjwa angama-400. Ebudeni beminyaka yendlala, amakhulu amaninzi abantu ayexinene kwisakhiwo samatye kwiimeko ezimanyumnyezi. Kuqikelelwa ukuba isigidi sabantu bafa ngexesha lendlala eyaqala ngenxa yezityalo ezitshatyalaliswayo zetapile kodwa yaba โyindlala yokwenziwaโ ngenxa yokuba abemi baseBritani baseBritani babengenamdla wezobupolitika wokusasaza ubuncwane nokutya ngokufanelekileyo. Malunga nesigidi esinye sabantu base-Ireland abangasakwaziyo ukuzondla kwaye baphile kumhlaba bafudukela kwiindawo ezifana ne-US Kodwa ukufuna indawo yokusabela yayingeyondlela yokuzikhethela kwabo bangenako ukufikelela kwipaseji. Bagxothwa ngabanini-mhlaba, abantu ababephelelwe lithemba bafika kwiindawo zokusebenza njengale sasiyindwendwele. Umkhenkethisi wethu usifundele amagama abantu abasuka kwindawo ekufutshane ababengcwatywe kwingcwaba elikhulu emva kwendlu yokusebenzela, imizimba yabo ingachazwanga. Babengamaxhoba oko abantu baseIreland bakubiza ngokuthi โGreta MorโโโIndlala Enkulu.โ
Kutshanje, xa bendizama ukuqonda ngcono ukufuduka kwabantu abaphelelwe lithemba nabalambileyo ngoku abawela besuka eMpuma Afrika besiya eYemen, ndaye ndaqala ukuqonda ukuba inkulu kangakanani indlala. Ebudeni belo xesha linye, kwisiqingatha sokugqibela se-19th Kwinkulungwane, bekukho abantu abazizigidi ezingama-30, mhlawumbi izigidi ezingamashumi amahlanu, ababulawa yindlala emantla eTshayina, eIndiya, eBrazil naseMaghreb. Ukubandezeleka okubi kwaba bantu bangaziwa, abanengxaki engazange ifike kwiincwadi zembali, yaba sisikhumbuzo esibukhali kum se-Western ekhethekileyo. Njengoko kuphandiwe kwaye kuchazwe kwi Incwadi kaMike Davis, โI-Late Victorian Holocaust,โ i-El Nino kunye no-La Nina utshintsho lwemozulu lwabangela ukusilela okukhulu kwezityalo. Oko kutya kwakunokuvunwa ngokufuthi kwakuthunyelwa kumazwe asemzini. Iziseko zikaloliwe zazinokusetyenziswa ukuthumela ukutya kubantu ababulawa yindlala, kodwa abantu abazizityebi bakhetha ukungayihoyi ingxaki yabalambileyo. Indlala Enkulu, eyayiphenjelelwa bubuhlanga nokubawa, yayingaphezu kokuba naliphi na amaxhoba ayo esazi. Kwaye ngoku, bambalwa kwiNtshona ephumelelayo abalwaziyo uloyiko olujongene nabantu baseSudan, eSomalia, emantla mpuma eNigeria, emantla eKenya naseYemen. Izigidi zabantu azikwazi kuzondla okanye ukufumana amanzi aselwayo.
Amazwe ase-Afrika apho i-US incede ukungazinzi, njengeSomalia, aphazamisekile ekulweni okwandisa iziphumo zembalela kwaye aqhube abantu abangenakuzinceda bafikelele kwiindawo ezithenjiweyo zokusabela. Abaninzi bakhethe indlela yokusaba kwilizwe elithwaxwa yindlala eYemen. I-US ibisoloko inceda umfelandawonye okhokelwa yi-Saudi ukuba ithintele kwaye ibhomule iYemen ukusukela ngoMatshi ka-2015. Sudanese abalweli abahambelana neSaudi Arabia bathathe izixeko ezigudle unxweme lwaseYemeni, besingise emantla. Abantu abazama ukubaleka indlala bazifumana bevaleleke phakathi komoya okhohlakeleyo kunye nohlaselo lomhlaba.
Ngo-Matshi, i-2017, uStephen O'Brien, intloko ye-UN ye-Ofisi yoLungelelaniso lweMicimbi yoLuntu, waya eYemen, eSomalia, eSouth Sudan naseMntla Kenya. Ukususela kolo hambo, uye wabongoza ngokuphindaphindiweyo iBhunga Lokhuseleko leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ukuba lincede liphelise umlo nokuthintela iimeko zendlala ezibangelwa lungquzulwano. Ngokuphathelele Yemen, wabhala, kwi NgoJulayi 12, ingxelo ye-2017 kwiBhunga Lokhuseleko leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ukuba: โAbantu abazizigidi ezisixhenxe, kuquka abazizigidi ezisisi-2.3 abangondlekanga (500,000 abangondlekanga ngokuqatha) abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emihlanu ubudala, bajamelene nendlala, basesichengeni sezifo yaye ekugqibeleni basengozini yokufa kancinane nangokubuhlungu. Phantse abantu abazizigidi ezili-16 abanawo amanzi aneleyo, ugutyulo nococeko, kwaye bangaphezu kwama-320,000 abantu ekurhaneleka ukuba bakwikholera kuye kwabikwa kuyo yonke imimandla yeli lizwe. Eli nani liye lenyuka laya kutsho kuma-850,000.
UBen Ehrenreich ichaza iimeko zendlala kunye nento ethiyori yakwa-Israel u-Eyal Weizman ayibiza ngokuba 'lunxweme longquzulwano', iqela elandayo lokutshintsha kwemozulu okubangelwa kukuguquka kwemozulu ibe yintlango enqumla iSahel nakwilizwekazi lonke laseAfrika ngaphambi kokutsiba iGulf of Aden ukuya eYemen. Uphawula ukuba lo mmandla mkhulu, owake waba yindawo yokuchasana ngokukrakra kwi-colonial incursions, ngoku ihlawula ixabiso elinzima kakhulu, kwiimeko zemozulu ezinobungozi, ngenxa yobutyebi bomntla wezoshishino. Njengoko iintlango zinwenwa emazantsi, kunokulindelwa ukuba kuqhambuke ungquzulwano olungakumbi, nto leyo ebangela ukuba abantu abaninzi basabe.
Ethetha ngommandla waseSomaliland othwaxwa yimbalela, uEhrenreich ubhala athi: โAbantu babeyibiza le mbalela. isima, โumngcibi,โ ngenxa yokuba yayichaphazela zonke izizwe ezinqumla eSomaliland ukuya kutsho e-Ethiopia ngasentshona naseKenya emzantsi.โ
UEhrenreich ubhala athi: โAmabali ala mabhinqa ayephantse afane, esahluka kuphela ngobudala nenani labantwana abagulayo, inani lezilwanyana abaphulukene nalo nenani ezisindileyo. UHodan Ismail wayelahlekelwe yiyo yonke into. Wayishiya ilali yomyeni wakhe esiza nabantwana bakhe apha, apho wayehlala khona unina, โukuze abasindise,โ watsho. 'Xa ndifika apho, ndabona ukuba naye akananto.' Umlambo nemijelo, imithombo yabo eqhelekileyo yamanzi okusela, yayisele yomile kwaye babengenakukhetha ngaphandle kokusela kwiqula elingekho nzulu ekupheleni kwedolophu. Amanzi ayebagulisa bonke abantwana.โ
Ngowe-1993, โkwiNgqungquthela yoMhlabaโ yaseRio de Janeiro, iindwendwe ezazivakalisa iimbono zalowo wayesakuba nguMongameli uGeorge Bush Sr., zavakalisa ukurhoxa kwingxelo ethi, โ Indlela yokuphila yaseMelika ayilungele uthethathethwano.โ Iimfuno zase-US zale ngqungquthela zithintele ngokungenakulinganiswa utshintsho enokuthi ikhokelele kuzo. Omele uMongameli uBill Clinton emva kweminyaka emithandathu, Unobhala Welizwe Madeleine Albright ukukhusele ukudubula okucetyiweyo kweIraq, esithi โUkuba kufuneka sisebenzise amandla, kungenxa yokuba singaseMelika; sisisizwe esiyimfuneko. Simi ngobude kwaye sibona phambili kunamanye amazwe kwixesha elizayo, kwaye siyayibona ingozi apha kuthi sonke. โ
Kukho ingozi ekufuneka iqondwe. Ingozi yinyani kwaye ingozi iyasasazeka. Ugonyamelo lwandisa indlala, nendlala yazisa ugonyamelo.
Ndizibhaqa ndisoyikile iintetho ezivakalisa ukohluka kwe-US, ukanti olwam ufundo kunye nokugxila kuhlala kuzishiya iimbali kunye neenyani zangoku ekufuneka ziqondwe ngokulula ukuba siza kuqaphela unxunguphalo olujongene nalo ihlabathi lethu. Ngokunxulumene neendlala eziqhutywa lungquzulwano, kuya kuba yimfuneko ngakumbi ukuxhathisa ulwabiwo lukarhulumente wase-US lwe-700 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiSebe lezoKhuselo. E-US, ubundlobongela bethu, kunye neenkohliso zethu zokuba yinto eyimfuneko zisuka ekwamkeleni inkolelo yokuba "indlela yethu yobomi" ayinakuxoxiswa. Ukukhula kokungalingani, okukhuselwe yimikhosi eyingozi, kuvula indlela eya emangcwabeni: โAsiyondlela yobomi.โ Sisenokufumana indlala enkulu: indlala eguqulayo yokwabelana ngobulungisa nabamelwane bethu beplanethi yethu. Sisenokulahla amalungelo esiwaqhelileyo size sikhangele izixhobo zoluntu zokusikhusela kubutyebi obungakhathaliyo nakumandla akhohlakeleyo obukumkani. Singawomkela umxholo woodade baseIreland kwindibano yabo yoMtshakazi kaFeile: โVumela Ilizwi Lentlupheko Lithetheโ kwaye emva koko sikhethe amanyathelo asekelwe kwintshukumo ukwabelana ngobuninzi bethu kwaye sibeke ecaleni, ngonaphakade, ubuze bemfazwe.
Kathy Kelly ([imeyile ikhuselwe]) uququzelele iiNyunithi zoLwazi lokuShatshazwa koLuntu (www.vcnv.org)
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