Kwakukhona abane kithi ohambweni. Mina - ngikhulelwe eZimbabwe futhi ngingaphuma nase-Afrika ngisemdala; udadewethu, owayesekhulile kuleli zwekazi kodwa wayengakaze ahambele eNingizimu Afrika kusukela ukuwa kobandlululo; umyeni wakhe, owayengazange abe e-Afrika ngaphambili; kanye nendodana yabo eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala. SiseKapa , futhi ngangizimisele kakhulu ukuhamba nabo ezindaweni zokuhlala ezingekho emthethweni, noma ngamakolishi.
Ubuhle nobubi
Isingeniso sami sosuku olulandelayo lwesithathu eKapa sihlanganisa usuku olulodwa olunikezelwe ukuvakasha kwelokishi nokuvakashela eRobben Island , usuku lwesibili olwenziwe ngokuhlola umlando waseCape Dutch kanye nekota yaseCape Malay yaseBo -kaap , futhi ngosuku lwesithathu olunikezelwe eThafeni elihambeleyo Intaba ne-Cape Peninsula. Ngale ndlela, ngizizwa ukuthi izivakashi zami zithola isithombe esilinganiselwe sendawo kanye namagugu amasiko angavamile.
Ngosuku lokuqala, ingxoxo phakathi kwami nomndeni wami yaba namandla kakhulu. Udadewethu, uPenny, wayekhathazekile ngokuthi ukuvakasha kwamakhansela kwakungu-voyeuristic okungcono kakhulu, futhi ubuhlanga bubuhlungu kakhulu. Wayenombono wokuthi ayekhonza ngaphandle kwenhloso encane ngaphandle kokuvumela abantu abamhlophe abagcini bezimhlophe ukuba bangene futhi babheke abantu abamnyama abamnyama, bathathe izithombe zabo baqhubeke.
Umkhwenyana wami, uDennis, wayekhathazekile ukuthi ubumpofu ngaphakathi kwelokishi buyoba buhlungu kakhulu indodana yakhe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngangizwa ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi umshana wami abone futhi aqonde okuthile kulolu hlangothi lwase-Afrika.
Ngangicabanga ukuthi usekhulile ngokwanele futhi enzima kakhulu ukubhekana nalokhu - futhi noma kunjalo, njengoba ngangithathile ngaphambili, ngangazi ukuthi le ndaba yayingeyona inhlekelele kanye nesigayegaye.
Ama-Apartheid Laws
Ekugcineni, ukuphikelela kwami kwaphumelela futhi sabhalisela ukuvakasha. Saqala eMyuziyamu Yezifundazwe , lapho safunda khona ngomlando wabantu baseKapa, abaye baxoshwa ngenkani kusukela enkabeni yedolobha ngaphansi kwe-Group Areas Act ka-1950.
Lo Mthetho ungenye yezinto eziphawulekayo kakhulu ngesikhathi sobandlululo, ukuvimbela ukuhlangana kwabantu abamhlophe nabangewona abamhlophe ngokuthi banikeze izindawo ezithile zokuhlala ezizweni ezihlukahlukene.
Ngokulandelayo, savakashela amahostela endala abasebenzi baselokishini laseLanga. Ngesikhathi sobandlululo, iMithetho YePhasi yaphoqa amadoda ukuba ashiye imindeni yawo ekhaya ngenkathi efika emadolobheni ukusebenza. Amasehostela aseLanga akhiwa njengamabhongo amadoda angashadile anamadoda ayishumi nambili abelana ngekhishi elisha kanye nokugeza. Lapho iMithetho YePhasi isusiwe, imindeni yaqoqa edolobheni ukuze ijoyine abayeni babo nobaba emahostela, okuholela ezimweni zokuphila ezinzima kakhulu.
Ngokungazelelwe, esikhundleni sokuba namadoda ayishumi nambili ehlanganyela ekhishini nasendlini yangasese, imindeni eyishumi nambili kwadingeka iqhubeke isebenzisa izakhiwo ezifanayo. Ama-Shanti aphuma kuwo wonke ama-patch atholakalayo ukuze abhekane nokuchichima, futhi indawo ngokushesha yaba yinkinga. Sihlangabezane neminye imindeni ehlala khona namhlanje, kuhlanganise nowesifazane ogijima i- shebeen (isikhala esingekho emthethweni) ngaphandle kwe-plastic-and-cardboard shanty. Lapho siphindela ebhasini, sonke sazithoba sathula ngobumpofu obukhulu bendawo.
Ukuhlela nokuPula
Ilokishi laseCape Town of Crossroads yaba uphawu lwamazwe ngamazwe lokucindezelwa kobandlululo ngo-1986, lapho izithombe zalabahlali bayo zikhishwa ngenkani zisatshalaliswa kuzo zonke izikrini zethelevishini zomhlaba.
Ngilindele ukubona isibalo esifanayo sosizi engikhumbule kulezo zithombe ezimbi, ukuvakashelwa kwethu lapho kungenzeka kube isimanga esikhulu sosuku. I-Crossroads yayinemigwaqo. Kwakuhlelwe futhi kukhishwe, ngamapayipi nokukhanyisa, igridi yomgwaqo kanye nezakhiwo zokwakha.
Ezinye izindlu zazizithoba kakhulu, kodwa ezinye zaziyizakhiwo ezincane, ngamasango asebenza-iron kanye nemigwaqo yamatshe. Bekukhona lapha esikuzwile kuqala ngohulumeni uhlela ukunikeza abantu isakhiwo kanye nendlu yangasese futhi bavumele ukuba bakhe indlu yabo nxazonke. Kubonakala sengathi iphakethe elihle lokuqala lomuntu ongenalutho. Esikoleni sama-nursery esikoleni, umshana wami washaywa yinqwaba encane yezingane, amahloni okuhleka ayekhipha uphahla lwensimbi olonakele.
Abazange basingene eKhayelitsha, elokishini lapho abaningi abahlala khona baseStroroads baxoshwa khona.
Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakuyidolobha elimhlophe elinamandla amakhulu nesitolo esisodwa esisemthethweni. Izinto zithuthukile kakhulu kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa kusekhona indlela ende yokuhamba. Kuqhubeka intuthuko, futhi ekupheleni kosuku olude lokuzwa okukhulu, udadewethu wacaphuna isipiliyoni esithi, "Kwakungavamile. Kuzo zonke izinkinga, ngazizwa nginethemba langempela. "
I-Revolution Yenkcubeko
Lolo suku nomndeni wami kwakuneminyaka embalwa eyedlule futhi izinto kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ziye zathuthela ngokuphawulekayo. Ngami, umzuzwana onethemba kakhulu weza esikhathini esithile kamuva kwenye ilokishi - eSoweto yaseGoli . Ngazithola ngibheka ikhofi yokuqala yaseSoweto - izindonga zamapinki, amatafula e-pink formica nomshini wokuzikhukhumeza we-cappuccino - enokuxoxisana isikhathi eside futhi sína mayelana nokuthi izakhamuzi zendawo zingakuthola kanjani ukuvakasha endaweni.
Manje, iSoweto inehhovisi lokuvakasha, inyuvesi kanye ne-symphony orchestra. Kukhona ubusuku be-jazz namabhilidi we-B & B. Amahostela aseLanga aguqulwa abe amakhaya. Bheka ngokucophelela futhi lokho okubonakala kubonakala sengathi yi-tattoo shanty kungaba isikole sokuqeqesha ikhompyutha noma i-workshop ye-electronics. Thatha uhambo lwelokishi. Kuzokusiza uqonde. Ukuvakasha okulungile kuzofaka imali emaphaketheni ayidinga. Kuyinto ehambela phambili futhi ejabulisayo. Kuyafaneleka.
I-NB: Uma ukhetha ukuthatha uhambo lwelokishi, bheka inkampani elamukela amaqembu amancane nje kuphela futhi ephuma kulolokishi. Ngaleyo ndlela, unesipiliyoni esiyiqiniso futhi esiyiqiniso, futhi wazi ukuthi imali oyisebenzisayo kulolu hambo iya ngqo emphakathini.
Lesi sihloko sibuyekezwe nguJessica Macdonald ngoSeptemba 18, 2016.