Umlando we-diasporic owamthola ngesikhathi amaphoyisa ecisha impilo yakhe, kodwa wayesechithe iminyaka ezifundazweni ezahlukene zokubalekela. Ekugcineni wabanjwa wuhlelo lodlame lombuso, waba ngomunye umuntu omnyama owabulawa amaphoyisa e-US, ngemuva kokuba nesibindi futhi wasinda ohambweni olunzima lomhlaba wonke njengombaleki.
Kodwa-ke, lokho kulandisa kwehliswa yividiyo entekenteke nemibiko yamaphoyisa omtholampilo eyalandela ukufa kwakhe. Njengoba u-Olango elele emgwaqweni ogandayiwe endaweni yokupaka izimoto, abaningi babembheka njengonezibalo kunomuntu, omunye owalimala amaphoyisa, nenye ingane yempi. Ukubulawa kwakhe kuye kwenzeka kwaqubula igagasi elivuthayo lemibhikisho yeBlack Lives Matter ezweni lonke, kodwa udlame olusemuva kwakhe lusalokhu lusingethwe.
U-Olango udutshulwe ngemuva kwemizuzwana nje ehlangene namaphoyisa. Ubephethe ugwayi we-e, amaphoyisa athi abecabanga ukuthi unesibhamu. Bamdubula naphezu kokuziphatha okwakubonisa ukuthi wayesenkingeni yezempilo yengqondo ngaleso sikhathi; le nkinga empeleni kwakuyisizathu udadewabo wayefonile ukuze uthole usizo oluphuthumayo kwasekuqaleni.
Ngokwe-akhawunti yamaphoyisa, Imibiko ye-Quartz, โU-Olango wakhipha โintoโ ephaketheni lakhe, wathatha โisimo sokudubula,โ wakhomba kwelinye lamaphoyisa. Womabili amaphoyisa abe eseshaya u-Olango kanye kanye: elinye nesibhamu iTaser, elinye lamdubula lambulala.โ
U-Olango, ngokusho kwalabo ababemazi, u-a ohloniphekile, onomusa, kodwa okhathazekile. Naye, wayenezinkinga: Wayengumbaleki wase-Uganda owafika ngo-1991, eneminyaka engu-14, ngemva kokuba umkhaya wakubo usinde empini yombango enonya, ngokusho kwabasebenzi bosizo owayazi indawo yangakubo eGulu. Impi isalimaza i-Uganda futhi isaqhubeka nokuhlupha abasindile abahlakazeke ngaphandle kwezwe. Olango wayenerekhodi lobugebengu, izindaba zendawo zibika, nakuba - njengabaningi abaphila nezinkinga zempilo yengqondo - wayengenalo irekhodi elisemthethweni lezinkinga ezingokwengqondo. Akucaci ukuthi zonke lezi zici zahlangana kanjani ekuqhekekeni kwakhe kokugcina, kodwa njengomuntu omnyama ofudukayo eMelika, impilo ka-Olango yabonisa kokubili ukucindezelwa kwesimo kanye nesiphetho esingasifanele.
โNgibabize kathathu laba bantu ukuthi beze bezomsiza,โ kusho udadewabo ekhala ku-video yesigameko. Watshela amaphoyisa: "Ngivele ngacela usizo wafike wambulala."
Isenzo sokucela usizo, njengombaleki kanye nomuntu oMnyama, sigcwele, ngokwaso. Kulabo abasinde ezingxabanweni nasekuhlukumezekeni, insalela yobuphekula obudlule ingaba nzima kakhulu ukubhekana nayo. Abaningi bangase baphathe ukukhathazeka kwangaphakathi komphakathi, kanye nokuqaphela igunya okufanele, ekuphileni kwabo okuhlaliswe kabusha. Kodwa ukwesaba okubasukelayo ezweni elisha โeliphephileโ kungangqubuzana ngokuyingozi nezithiyo zangempela zenhlalo. Lapho kugadla inkinga yezempilo yengqondo, abokufika bangabhekana nobunzima obukhulu bokufinyelela izinsiza zokunakekelwa ezifanele ngokomtholampilo nezinamasiko. Futhi emhlabeni wonke, izidingo zempilo yengqondo ezingahlangatshezwana nazo ziwumthwalo omkhulu kubabaleki - phezu kobunzima bezomnotho nezenhlalo okufanele sebebubekezelele kakade ohambweni lwabo. Izingane zababaleki, njenge inqwaba yezingane ezithuthumelayo ezibalekela eSyria namuhla, bavame ukuchazwa ngabasebenzi bosizo njengabanezibazi ezijulile ezingokwengqondo, kodwa abakwazi ngisho nokuqala ukuphola lapho bevalelwa esikoleni, bexoshwa emiphakathini yabo futhi behlala ngaphansi kokuvinjezelwa.
Ngisho nangemva kokuba ababaleki sebefike endaweni ephephile, lawo manxeba โangabonakaliโ ayagqitshwa futhi akhule.
Ingabe umkhondo wokuhlukumezeka ngesikhathi sempi ulandele u-Olango kuleyo ndawo yokupaka? Umndeni wakhe waphawula wayengenakho ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo โokungapheliโ kodwa wayenokuphazamiseka kwengqondo ngesikhathi edutshulwa, njengoba wayesosizini lokushona komngane wakhe. Noma ngabe imuphi umlando wakhe wengqondo, isizinda sika-Olango simenze waba sengozini enkulu yodlame lombuso, njengomuntu ovela kwelinye izwe, indoda emnyama, kanye nomuntu obhekene nenkinga yezempilo yengqondo - izici ezivame ukuhlangana namaphoyisa ngonya futhi obulalayo ezinyangeni ezedlule.
Abafuduki abamnyama, uma kuqhathaniswa namanye amaqembu abokufika, ikakhulukazi okungenzeka ukuthi baqondiswe ekuboshweni, ukugcinwa kwemininingwane yomthetho, ukuxoshwa kanye nezinye izinhlobo ezinonya zokucindezelwa kombuso, futhi abaningi babhekana nokuhlukaniswa ngokwesiko nezenhlalo. Yize kungenzeki ukusho ukuthi lokhu kungezwani okungenzeka ukuthi kwangena kanjani ezikhathini zokugcina zika-Olango, kuhlala kuhlupha izimpilo zemiphakathi yabafuduki abamnyama.
UCarl Lipscombe we Black Alliance for Just Immigration uthi nge-imeyili, โKulula ukubheka lokhu njengelinye isonto, kuthathwe enye impilo yabaNsundu. Kodwa icala lika-Alfred Olango libonisa ngempela izindlela lapho bobabili abokufika abaMnyama kanye nalabo abaphethwe ukugula ngengqondo benziwa ubugebengu nguhulumeni.โ
Nakuba singazi kahle ukuthi yini okungenzeka yabangela ukuwohloka kuka-Olango, ucwaningo lwemiphakathi yababaleki luveza ukuthi phakathi kwabantu abaye bahlukumezeka kakhulu, ukwanda kwezifo ezihlobene nempilo yengqondo. kungaba phezulu 45 noma ngisho namaphesenti angu-90. Amazinga okucindezeleka okungokwengqondo okubuhlungu kuyingozi phakathi kwababaleki abavela eMpumalanga Afrika, abaningi babo abaye bahamba ngamabhayisikili emakamu ababaleki futhi bakhuthazelela ubumpofu obukhulu, ngaphezu kobudlova obuningi. Lezi zinkinga ezingaphansi komhlaba zibophela imingcele yezenhlalo nezamasiko evimbezele intsha eningi yababaleki. (Umphakathi waseSomalia waseMelika e-Twin Cities, ngokwesibonelo, ubhekane nokukhulu ukungezwani nabomthetho kanye ukuhlukaniswa nomphakathi nokuncishwa okuxhumene nalokhu Impilo yengqondo izinkinga.)
Okuthile ngo-Olango kwenza amaphoyisa ambone njengosongo. Kodwa u-Olango wayebhekane nezinsongo zonya nokucindezelwa kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lisezweni lakubo noma ezweni okwakufanele limnike isiphephelo.
U-Olango akabanga naso isikhathi sokukhuluma yonke indaba yakhe ngaphambi kokuthi athuliswe isibhamu sephoyisa. Eseyingane, waba nethuba lokubaleka ezweni elikhungethwe impi. Ngosuku ashona ngalo, akazange abe nethuba lokujika ngaphambi kokudutshulwa endaweni yaseMelika.
Mhlawumbe yingakho umama ka-Olango u-Pamela Benge waphendukela kubabhikishi ababethukuthele ecela ububele: โAngiyifuni impi. Uma uke wayibona impi, awusoze wafuna ukusondela lapho kunempi.โ
Impambanomgwaqo lapho u-Alfred Olango azithola khona ngalolo suku endaweni yokupaka ibonakala ingaphezu kwengozi: impi, ukufuduka, ubuhlanga kanye nesimo sokuphepha saseMelika. Nokho kwakuyinkambo yokushayisana eyayibikezelwa ngokwesabekayo: ukungqubuzana kokuhlukumezeka kwahlangana emzimbeni womuntu lapho ephakamisa isandla sakhe, wabe esewa. Kwakuyisigameko esivela phambili esibonakala kakhulu ku-Black America, kanye nesigameko esivela endaweni yezingxabano esijwayele kabi umbaleki.
U-Michelle Chen ungumhleli onikelayo ku-In These Times kanye nomhleli ohlangene kwa-CultureStrike. Uphinde abe ngumdidiyeli we-"Asia Pacific Forum" ku-Pacifica's WBAI kanye ne-Disent Magazine's "Belabored" podcast, futhi ufunda umlando e-City University of New York Graduate Center. Mlandele kuTwitter: @meeshellchen.
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