IMeya yaseMagnolia Mississippi isula esikhundleni: Ibuyela ezimpandeni e-Afrika

1. Ngemuva kwempilo yezepolitiki eyimpumelelo e-United States, iMeya yaseMagnolia ibuyela emuva izohlala futhi isebenze eTanzania.
2. Ugqozi luvela kuMarcus Garvey ongasekho, isishoshovu sezepolitiki saseJamican esiphakamise ukuthi abantu abadabuka e-Afrika babuyele ezwenikazi labo.
3. I-African Tourism Board isemkhankasweni wokuheha abantu base-Afrika abaseDiaspora ukuthi bavakashele izwekazi labo.

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Ngokuhlonipha izwekazi lase-Afrika lokhokho bakhe, iMeya yaseMagnolia Mississippi yesula esikhundleni noMnu Anthony Witherspoon ngenyanga edlule unikele ngempilo yakhe nebhizinisi lakhe e-Afrika.

OwayenguMeya waleli dolobha elincane laseMississippi uthe uthuthele e-Afrika ukuyoqhuba ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha, futhi ukhuthaza nabanye abantu abaMnyama ukuthi nabo bacabangele ukuthuthela kuleli zwekazi.

I-Associated Press (AP) ibike kuleli sonto eliphelile ukuthi u-Anthony Witherspoon wesule esikhundleni ngoDisemba 31, 2020, esikhundleni sakhe sobumeya beMagnolia. UbeyiMeya selokhu anqoba ukhetho olukhethekile luka-2014, futhi ubesenezinyanga eziyisithupha ukuthi aqede ihlandla lakhe leminyaka emi-6.

Imibiko ithi lowo owayeyiMeya yaseMagnolia uthuthele eDar es Salaam, ITanzaniaImali enkulu edaywayo yezentengiselwano eyasungulwa eminyakeni eyi-155 eyedlule, ukukhokha nokuqhuba ibhizinisi lakhe.

Eminye imibiko iveze ukuthi uMnu Witherspoon uthuthele e-Afrika wayozinza eMpumalanga Afrika ngokuzibophezela kwakhe ukuthi aphile bese eqhuba ibhizinisi lakhe ezwenikazi lokhokho bakhe.

"Ngilapha eMotherland, ngidala ukubambisana kwezamabhizinisi kanye nokuxhumana nabafowethu nodadewethu," kusho uWitherspoon ngoJanuwari 24, 2021, ngokubhala kwakhe kuFacebook.

Ubuye futhi asebenzise isiteshi se-YouTube esinobufakazi babantu abathuthele e-Afrika.

Amanye ala mabhizinisi ahlanganisa izikhungo zezingane ezisencane, izinkulisa, amakolishi amabhizinisi azimele, namabhizinisi kubandakanya iBack to Africa Tours, esho.

“Ngomzuzu wehla ebhanoyini ungene esikhumulweni sezindiza iJulius Nyerere wabona isikhumulo sezindiza esisezingeni eliphezulu lapha eDar es Salaam, eTanzania, kuzoba ukuqala kokuphela kwawo wonke lawo manga ngondliwe abezindaba baseNtshonalanga ngoMama wethu we-Afrika, ”kusho uWitherspoon.

UWitherspoon ushade noSenator uTammy Witherspoon (iDemocratic Party), omele uMkhandlu weSenate WaseMississippi State 38. Lo mbhangqwana unamadodana amabili.

Umkakhe usahlala eMississippi futhi ukhonza eCapitol. OwayenguMeya uthe yena kanye namadodana akhe amabili asanda kumvakashela eTanzania.

U-Anthony waphinde wasebenza njengoMongameli Wenkomfa Yabamnyama Abamnyama eMississippi kanye nePhini Lesibili likaMongameli weMississippi Black Caucus Yezikhulu Ezikhethiwe Zasekhaya. NgoMeyi ka-2018, wasebenza njenge-International Observer okhethweni lukaMongameli olwalunempikiswano eVenezuela.

Uthe umbono wakhe wokusiza abaseMelika babuyele e-Afrika ugqozi ngokwengxenye ngumufi uMarcus Garvey, isishoshovu sezombusazwe saseJamican esaphakamisa ukuthi abantu bomdabu wase-Afrika babuyele ezwenikazi labo.

"Ngiza naloya moya futhi okungenani ngifuna ukukusiza ukuthi uzihlolele i-Afrika," esho.

Umbono weMeya wangaphambili wokusiza abantu base-Afrika abaseDiaspora ukuthi babuyele ezwenikazi labo seligqugquzelwe imikhankaso eyehlukene yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ukuheha abaseMelika abanemvelaphi yase-Afrika ukuvakashela izwekazi labo lokhokho.

The Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika (i-ATB) isungulwe eNingizimu Afrika iminyaka emi-2 manje futhi ikhankasela ukuheha abantu base-Afrika abaseDiaspora ukuthi bavakashele izwekazi labo.

I-ATB manje isebenza kanzima futhi ibambisene nabanye ababambisene nabo kwezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ukuqhakambisa i-Afrika njenge “One Tourist Destination of Choice” emhlabeni, ikhomba izimakethe zemithombo yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke.

I-ajenda eyinhloko ye-ATB ukubeka i-Afrika njengendawo ehamba phambili yezivakashi ngokusebenzisa ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha okuhlanganiswe ngamasu nokukhangisa ngophawu olusebenzayo nokumaketha.

Izindlalifa ze-African Diaspora yizindawo ezibalulekile zabavakashi e-Afrika manje i-ATB ebhekele ukukhuthazwa nentuthuko kumazibuthe wesikhathi esizayo azodonsela abantu base-Afrika abaseDiaspora ukuthi bavakashele, baxazulule, bese befaka imali e-Afrika.

I-African Homecoming ingcikitsi leyakhiwe tinhlangano letehlukahlukene tebantfu base-Afrika eDiaspora lekuhloswe ngalo kuhlola nekuguqula timphahla temagugu emasiko ase-Afrika tibe tindzawo tetivakashi kute kukhange labo bantfu bendzabuko yase-Afrika kutsi babuyele emuva kulelivekati lebomake bese balandzelela imvelaphi yabo.

I-African Tourism Board iyinhlangano ehlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngokusebenza njengesikhuthazi ekuthuthukiseni okuhamba phambili kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kuye, kusuka, nangaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Afrika. Ngeminye imininingwane nokuthi ungajoyina kanjani, vakashela zombiegamesonline.com .

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