Inkathi Entsha Yemiphakathi YaseJamaica

Emhlanganweni ojulile noyingqopha-mlando ngoMsombuluko, Januwari 8, 2024, abaholi abavela e-Jamaica's Maroon Communities bahlangana e-University of the West Indies, eMona, eKingston.

Umcimbi, owawusingathwe ngomusa uDkt. Hillary Beckles - HH Chief Osikol, Iphini likaShansela we-UWI, uphawule isikhathi esibalulekile emlandweni njengoba abaholi baseMaroon behlanganyela ezingxoxweni, ukuphulukisa, ukubuyisana kanye nokuqaphela izindima ezintsha nezivele zikhona.

Umbuthano wawulandela uMkhosi wokunqoba wama-286 we-Maroon Accompong, “Buyela ku-Accompong: Return to Your Roots,” obunjelwe e-Cockpit Country, e-St. Elizabeth, e-Jamaica. Ithimba laseNdlunkulu le-AIDO libusise ngesikhathi semigubho yesikhumbuzo yaminyaka yonke, ebeka inkundla yoMbuthano Wokubuyisana Wobumbano.

Iholwa nguBukhosi Bakhe u-Paul J. Eganda - Papa Ateker futhi isingathwe nguDkt. Sir Hillary Beckles - HH Chief Osikol, abaholi baseMaroon, kuhlanganise nabameleli abafana noGaamang Gloria “Mama G” Simms, Gaama Akinsanya, Colonel Lloyd Lattibeauudiere, Madame Secretary. Jacqueline Phillips, HH Chief Odwe – Chief Richard Currie, Amb.

AnuTafari-El, kanye noBr. U-Royan wase-Accompong, uhlangane ngenjongo efanayo—ukubhekana nezinselele emiphakathini yaseMaroon futhi kuthuthukiswe ubunye obunezimiso. Ngokudabukisayo, abaholi abamenyiwe ababambe iqhaza emihlanganweni yokuqala yokuhlela lo mbuthano, uColonel Marcia Douglas we-Charlestown Maroons, Kasike/Chief Kalaan Kaiman (Robert Pairman) weYamaye Guani Taino People; kanye noColonel Wallace Sterling we-Mooretown Maroons, abakwazanga ukuba khona.

I-AIDO Royal African Delegation, ehlanganisa u-HH Queen Princess Ikatekit Gamachana, Chief Carlton Baiba Darby, kanye no-Lady Chrystal Bureau, banikele ebunyeni, ekwelapheni nasekulungiseni ubukhulu balo mhlangano.

U-HRM u-Papa Ateker ugcizelele, “Kumayelana nobumbano nenhlonipho phakathi komunye nomunye nokuhlala ndawonye ngenjongo enkulu…Kudingeka sisebenzisane njengama-Maroons ngoba ngokubambisana sinamandla, futhi singazuza okwengeziwe.”

UDkt. Hilary Brown - HH Queen Asianut Acom II we-AIDO Diaspora Royal Kingdom kanye ne-CARICOM Secretariat, yagqamisa ukuzibophezela kwe-AIDO Network ekusekeleni izenzo zokuhlanganisa kabusha phakathi kweMaroon Communities. Ugcizelele ukubaluleka kobumbano olwakhiwe ngokubaluleka komlando we-maronnage efa elicebile laseJamaica.

Ithimba le-AIDO Royal African Delegation, i-CARICOM Reparations Commission, kanye nabaholi be-Omanye Royal Kingdom bakhuthaze ubumbano olunezimiso, ukungathembeki, izimiso zokuziphatha, ukubuyisana, namasu amasha okuhlinzeka ngokusekela okungokoqobo kweMaroon Communities.

Lo mhlangano ugcizelele ukubaluleka komlando kweMaroon Communities emlandweni wamasiko wase-Jamaica kanye nokufuna kwabo inkululeko, ukumelana nokungabi nabulungisa, ukuzimela kanye nenkululeko.

U-HH Chief Odwe - Isikhulu uRichard Currie wabelane ngomlando oqondene ngqo noMphakathi wase-Accompong Maroon futhi wanxusa ukuqashelwa kwegunya lawo, amalungelo abantu angenakuphucwa, kanye nesibopho sokuqinisekisa ukumelwa kwabo bonke abantu bomdabu ezingxoxweni ezimayelana neJamaica entsha.

U-Gaamang Gloria “Mama G” Simms we-Maroon Women’s Network Suriname ugcizelele ukugcinwa kwamagugu omndeni, ukubaluleka kwamalungelo omhlaba nempahla, futhi wanxusa uhulumeni waseJamaica ukuba aqaphele imayini yegolide engaphakathi ezingqondweni zabantu baseMaroon.

UColonel Lloyd Lattibeauudiere weScotts Hall Maroons uzwakalise isidingo esiphuthumayo sokuthatha isinyathelo ngokuhlanganyela, ukubhekana nokuhlupheka okuphakathi kweMaroon Communities, futhi wagcizelela indlela ebumbene yokubhekana nezinselele.

INdlovukazi yakwa-HRM u-Vickylextar Okang-Sowah wase-Omanye Royal Kingdom, e-Ghana, wafuna ngokuqhubekayo izindlela zokusekela abaholi be-Maroon, ephakamisa imihlangano ehleliwe ehlanganyelwe yokunxeshezelwa kwangaphakathi, ubumbano, nokwethembana.

Umbuthano uphumele esibizweni sokuthi izinto zingalethwa, okuhlanganisa nesimposiamu ehlongozwayo yezinsuku ezingu-2-3 phakathi nezinyanga ezi-2-3 ezizayo ukuze kuthathwe ukulandisa okuyiqiniso, okugciniwe okungokomlando, amazwi, nokuhlaziywa kweMaroon Communities yase-Jamaica.

Ababekhona baxoxisane ngamasu okushicilelwa okuphrintiwe, imidiya exubile, ifilimu, nezinye izinkundla zemfundo yamagugu ngobuciko ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngo-2024.

UDkt. Sir Hillary Beckles (HH Papa Osikol) ugcizelele indima ebalulekile yamaMaroons njengabantu bokuqala base-Jamaica, emelela umthethosisekelo obeka ifa likaMaroon kulesi sikhungo.

Izingxoxo zazigxile ebukhosini, ukuba semthethweni, negunya, ngesicelo esigxile kwezobulungiswa esinobulungiswa futhi sokubuyisela ukuze kuqashelwe amalungelo abantu amaMaroons angenakwephucwa.

Lo mhlangano oyingqopha-mlando ugcizelele isidingo sokulungisa ukungabi nabulungisa okungokomlando, kuqanjwe kabusha ifa likaMaroon phakathi kwaseJamaican kanye nomlando womhlaba wonke, nokuhlongoza imibuthano/imihlangano evamile exhunywe nomsebenzi ongokoqobo, amasu okungenelela kwangaphakathi phakathi kwemiphakathi yaseMaroon, namakhalenda amanje ezenzakalo ezingcwele zokhokho, imikhosi eyisikhumbuzo kanye yakhelwe kakhulu futhi yasetshenziswa ukuze kuqiniswe ubumbano phakathi kweMaroon Communities yase-Jamaica.

Izingxoxo ziphinde zagqamisa isidingo sokufakwa Kwemiphakathi YaseMaroon ezinqubweni zokuguqulwa komthethosisekelo, ukuqashelwa kwamazwe ngamazwe, izinto ezingalethwa, kanye nokungenelela okuhlakaniphile kwezinguquko zomthethosisekelo kahulumeni wase-Jamaica ohlanganisa ngenhlonipho nangesu elihlanganisa Imiphakathi yaseMaroon kusukela ekuqaleni iya phambili.

INdlovukazi Umama uLaleta Davis we-AIDO, Umeluleki Jikelele we-UWI, Ikhomishana Kazwelonke Yokubuyiswa Kwezibuyekezo, unxuse ubumbano nokusebenzisana phakathi kwamaqembu e-Maroon, egcizelela ukubaluleka komlando womzabalazo wabo owabelana ngawo.

Indlovukazi Umama uDkt. Chenzira Hajila Adeke Davis Kahina uzwakalise ukuthi ukuqulwa kwamacala kube yimpumelelo, egcizelela ukubaluleka kwamalungelo abantu angenakuhlukaniswa futhi angahlukaniseki kanye nokusetshenziswa ngokuphumelelayo kolimi olunamakhono asebenzayo ukuze kuphakanyiswe phakathi kweMaroon Communities of Jamaica phakathi kobuntu bethu esihlanganyelwe.

Emazwini okuphetha, uDkt. Sir Hillary Beckles ugcizelele izicelo zokuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo ngo-2024, okuhlanganisa izingxoxo, intuthuko yokusungula, kanye nezinhlelo zokusimamisa umnotho ngaphakathi kwezinhloso ezinhle zeMaroon Communities, esikhumbuza umlayezo obalulekile: “Akukho lutho Ngathi Ngaphandle Kokuthi.”

Umbuthano wangoJanuwari 8, 2024 we-Maroon Unity Reconciliation uphawule isinyathelo esibalulekile esiya kubumbano, ubulungiswa bomlando, kanye nokubumbana kwamazwi e-Ancestral Indigenous  Maroon yase-Jamaica. Ukuhlukahluka kwemibono evezwayo kubonise amandla engqondo, isiyalo, nokuzwana kokhokho phakathi komphakathi waseMaroon, okubonisa isahluko esisha emlandweni wabo owabiwe.