I-Karen Blixen Museum, eNairobi: I-Complete Guide

Ngo-1937, umlobi waseDenmark uKaren Blixen washicilela i- Out of Africa , incwadi enesithunzi eyatshela indaba yokuphila kwakhe endaweni yokukhofi eKenya. Le ncwadi, kamuva eyayiqhutshwa yifilimu yaseSydney Pollack egameni elifanayo, yaqala ngomgwaqo ongenakulibaleka "Nganginefama e-Afrika, ngaphansi kwezintaba zeNgong" . Manje, leli famu lihlala eNyuvesi yaseKaren Blixen, okuvumela izivakashi ukuba zithole umlingo wezindaba zikaBlixen.

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Indaba kaKaren

U-Karen Karen Dinesen ngo-1885, uKaren Blixen uhlonishwa njengomunye wabalobi abakhulu bekhulu lama-20. Wakhulela eDenmark kodwa kamuva wathuthela eKenya nomlingani wakhe uBaron Bror Blixen-Finecke. Ngemva kokushada eMombasa ngo-1914, umbhangqwana osanda kushada wakhetha ukungena ebhizinisini elikhulayo lekhofi, ukuthenga ipulazi labo lokuqala endaweni yaseGreat Lakes. Ngo-1917, i-Blixens yaletha ipulazi elikhulu enyakatho yeNairobi . Kwakuyipulazi ekugcineni eyayizoba uMyukimakhi waseKaren Blixen.

Naphezu kokuthi ipulazi yayisezingeni eliphakeme elibhekwa njengeliphakeme kakhulu ukuze likhule ikhofi, uBlixks wabeka ngokusungula isitshalo ezweni labo elisha. Umyeni kaKaren, uBror, wayengenandaba nokusebenza kwepulazi, eshiya iningi lomthwalo wemfanelo kumkakhe. Wamshiya yedwa lapho futhi wayeyazi ukuthi wayengathembeki kuye. Ngo-1920, uBror wacela isehlukaniso; futhi ngemva konyaka, uKaren waba umphathi wepulazi.

Ekubhalweni kwakhe, uBlixen wabelane ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe okuhlala yedwa njengowesifazane emphakathini omkhulu wezinzalamizi, kanye nalabo abahlala nabo baseKikuyu. Ekugcineni, liphinde luchaze indaba yakhe yothando nomzingeli omkhulu wezemidlalo uDenys Finch Hatton - ubuhlobo buvame ukuthunjwa njengomunye wemibono enkulu kakhulu yomlando wombhalo.

Ngo-1931, uFinch Hatton wabulawa ekushayweni kwezindiza futhi isitshalo sekhofi sabanjelwa isomiso, ukungabi namandla komhlaba kanye nokuwa komnotho wezwe.

Ngo-Agasti 1931, uBlixen wathengisa epulazini futhi wabuyela eDenmark wasekhaya. Ngeke aphinde avakashele i-Afrika, kodwa wafaka umlingo wayo e- Out of Africa , ekuqaleni wabhala phansi kwegama lika-Isak Dinesen. Waqhubeka ukushicilela imisebenzi eminye ehlonishwayo, kufaka phakathi i- Babette's Feast ne- Seven Gothic Tales . Ngemva kokushiya eKenya, uKaren wayegula ngenxa yokugula kwakhe konke ekugcineni washona ngo-1962 oneminyaka engu-77 ubudala.

Umlando weMyuziyamu

Eyaziwa ku-Blixens njenge-M'Bogani, ipulazi le-Ngong Hills liyisibonelo esihle sokwakhiwa kwezakhiwo ze-bungalow. Kwaqedwa ngo-1912 ngumenzi wesayensi waseSweden u-Åke Sjögren futhi wathenga iminyaka emihlanu kamuva nguBror noKaren Blixen. Le ndlu yayingamele amahektha angama-4 500 omhlaba, ama-acre angama-600 awo ahlonyelwe ukulima ikhofi. Lapho uKaren ebuyela eDenmark ngo-1931, leli pulazi lathengwa ngumthuthukisi uRemy Marin, owathengisa umhlaba ngamaphakheji angu-20 acre.

Indlu ngokwayo yadlula ngokulandelana kwabantu abahlukene kuze kube yilapho ekugcineni ithengwa uhulumeni waseDenmark ngo-1964.

AmaDanes anikeze indlu kaKenya entsha indlu ngokuqaphela ukuzimela kwabo eMbusweni waseBrithani, owawufinyeleleke ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambili ngoDisemba 1963. Ekuqaleni, indlu yakhonza njengeKholeji leZondlo, kuze kube sekuqalisweni kwefilimu yeFollack yefilimu E-Afrika ngo-1985.

Ifilimu - eyayiqhenya uMeryl Streep njengoKaren Blixen noRobert Redford kuDenys Finch Hatton - yaba yilapho esheshayo. Ekuqaphelisweni kwalokhu, i-National Museums yaseKenya yanquma ukuguqula indlu yakudala kaBlixen ibe yimyuziyamu mayelana nokuphila kwakhe. Imyuziyamu yaseKaren Blixen yavulelwa umphakathi ngo-1986; nakuba kuyinto engavamile, ipulazi akuyona into evezwe ku-movie.

I-Museum namuhla

Namuhla, i-museum inikeza izivakashi ithuba lokubuyela emuva ngesikhathi futhi zibone ukuphakama kukaBlixen waseKenya.

Kulula ukuzicabangela izihlonishwa zasekoloni ezihlezi phansi itiye ezindlini ezisezintweni ezikhungathekile zendlu, noma ukuguqula izithombe zikaBlixen ezihamba engadini ukuze zibingelele uFinch Hatton lapho ebuya ehlathini. Indlu iye yavuselelwa ngothando, amakamelo ayo avulekile ahlinzekwe ngezicucu ezazingakaze zaKaren ngokwakhe.

Uhambo oluqondiswayo lunikeza ukuqonda kokuphila kololoni ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, kanye nomlando wokulima ikhofi eKenya. Izivakashi zingalindela ukuzwa izindaba zesikhathi sikaBlixen epulazini, ezivuselwa izinto ezizimele zihlanganisa nezincwadi ezazingabakwaFinnch Hatton kanye nesibani uKaren ayejwayele ukumtshela lapho esekhaya. Ngaphandle, insimu ngokwayo ifanele ukuvakashelwa, ngenxa yemimoya yayo enokuthula kanye nokubukeka kwayo okumangalisayo kwe-famous Ngong Hills.

Ulwazi oluwusizo

I-museum itholakala ngamakhilomitha ayisithupha / amakhilomitha ayishumi ukusuka enkabeni yeNairobi emaphandleni aseKaren ocebile, eyakhiwa phezu komhlaba owakhiwa uMarin ngemuva kokubuya kukaBlixen eDenmark. I-museum ivuliwe nsuku zonke kusukela ngo-9: 30 ekuseni kuya ku-6: 00 ntambama, kuhlanganise neveki ngempelasonto kanye namaholide omphakathi. Ukuvakasha okuqondiswayo kunikezwa usuku lonke, futhi isitolo sesipho sinikeza i- Out of Africa imemorabilia ngaphezu kwemisebenzi yaseKenya nemikhumbuzo .