IBarbados Ihlukana neRoyal Britain: Ibheke e-Afrika

Inkosana yabelana ngokugqama nesihlabani sohlelo, uRihanna, umculi ongowokuzalwa eBarbados nosomabhizinisi oyisihlabani sasendaweni esidume kakhulu. Uthole isicoco seNational Hero kuNdunankulu uMia Amor Mottley, ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe iBarbados yathatha isinyathelo sokugcina sokusuka esicongweni naphezu kwezicelo zokuthi kube nenhlolovo.

Okhethweni lukazwelonke olwalungoJanuwari 19, olubizwe ezinyangeni eziyi-18 ngaphambi kokuphela kwehlandla lakhe lokuqala ehhovisi, uMottley, owesifazane wokuqala ukuba undunankulu waseBarbados, uhole iBarbados Labour Party yakhe kweyesibili, inqoba iminyaka emihlanu. isikhathi eNdlu yoMkhandlu, igungu eliphansi ePhalamende laseBarbadian. Ivoti libe elibalulekile: iqembu lakhe lathatha zonke izihlalo ezingu-30, nakuba ezinye izinhlanga bezinzima.

"Abantu balesi sizwe bakhulume ngazwi linye, ngokungaguquki, ngazwilinye futhi ngokucacile," esho enkulumweni yakhe yokugubha ngaphambi kokuntwela kokusa ngoJanuwari 20. Ngaphandle kwendlunkulu yeqembu lakhe, abalandeli bakhe abajabule - bembozwe ubuso, njengoba kwenza wonke umuntu ezindaweni zomphakathi eBarbados. — ubegqoke izikibha ezibomvu ezifundeka kanje, “Hlala uphephile noMia.”

Umhlaba uzobe uzwa okuningi kuye. Amahemuhemu okuthi ucelwe nguNobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-António Guterres ukuthi athathe indima yomeluleki emhlabeni wonke anqatshelwe ihhovisi likaMottley, elathi undunankulu "akazi noma iyiphi intuthuko engangena ngaphakathi kwengqikithi amahemuhemu obuzile ngawo."

IBarbados akuyona ikoloni lokuqala laseBrithani ukwehlisa ifulegi lasebukhosini, eqeda indima yobukhosi, manje osekuyimikhosi eminingi, yokuqoka umbusi-jikelele wekoloni langaphambili. IBarbados yathola inkululeko ngo-1966 ngemva kwamakhulu eminyaka yokubuswa kwamakoloni. Kuze kube manje, ibikugcinile ukuxhumana kwayo nobukhosi.

Lesi yisikhathi, nokho, lapho izimfuno zomjikelezo omusha wokuchaza kabusha futhi ekugcineni kuqedwe izinsalela zokubuswa kwamakholoni ziba namandla emazweni asathuthuka. UMottley, 56, ungumpetha wale nhloso, njengoba ehlola amandla angakasetshenziswa ekuthuthukiseni ubudlelwano obuqinile ne-Afrika.

Emhlabeni jikelele, "ukuqedwa kobukoloni" kocwaningo lwezokwelapha kanye nempilo yomphakathi, ngokwesibonelo, yinkinga esele ishubile kubhubhane lwe-Covid. Ngaso leso sikhathi, izingcingo zokuthi "ukuqedwa kobukoloni" kwezindaba zamazwe omhlaba kudinga ukuthi izinqumo zenqubomgomo yomhlaba akufanele kube yilungelo lamandla amakhulu.

Engqungqutheleni ebonakalayo yabaholi abambalwa base-Afrika nabase-Caribbean ngoSepthemba, uMottley wasebenzisa umgomo wokuqeda ubukoloni ekuvuseni kabusha nasekuqiniseni isiko le-trans-Atlantic ukusiza ukunqoba ifa elilimazayo lobugqila.

“Siyazi ukuthi leli yikusasa lethu. Yilapho esazi khona ukuthi kumele sithwale abantu bethu,” kusho yena. “Izwekazi lakho [i-Afrika] liyikhaya lokhokho bethu futhi sihlobene nawe ngezindlela eziningi ngoba i-Afrika isizungezile futhi ikithi. Asibona nje abase-Afrika.

“Ngicela siqaphele ukuthi into yokuqala okumelwe siyenze, ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye . . . kuwukuzisindisa ebugqilini bengqondo - ubugqila bengqondo esenza sibone iNyakatho kuphela; ubugqila bengqondo obusenza sihwebe eNyakatho kuphela; ubugqila bengqondo obusenza singaqapheli ukuthi phakathi kwethu sakha ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yezizwe zomhlaba; ubugqila bengqondo obuvimbele ukuxhumana okuqondile kwezohwebo noma ezokuthutha ngendiza eziqondile phakathi kwe-Afrika neCaribbean; ubugqila bengqondo obusivimbile ekubuyiseni ikusasa lethu e-Atlantic, okwakhiwa ngomfanekiso wethu kanye nezithakazelo zabantu bakithi.”

Inzalo yezigqila zase-Afrika, uthe, kufanele ikwazi ukuvakashela amazwe nhlangothi zombili ze-Atlantic futhi ivuselele izici zamasiko ezabiwe, kuze kufike ekudleni ezikujabulelayo. “Abantu baseCaribbean bafuna ukubona i-Afrika, kanti abantu base-Afrika badinga ukubona iCaribbean,” kusho yena. “Kumele sikwazi ukusebenzisana, hhayi ukusebenzela uhulumeni wamakoloni noma ngoba abantu basiletha lapha singafuni. Kudingeka sikwenze njengokuzikhethela, njengendaba yesiphetho sezomnotho. "

Emlayezweni wakhe woSuku lukaKhisimusi lwango-2021 kumaBarbadians, uMottley wayenwebekile, efuna indima yomhlaba wonke yesizwe esincane esivele "sishaya ngaphezu kwesisindo saso."

I-Barbados isezingeni eliseduze nephezulu ekuthuthukisweni komuntu esifundeni esikhulu saseLatin America-Caribbean, indawo enhle yabesifazane namantombazane. Ngaphandle kokunye okuhlukile - iHaiti igqama ngokwehluleka kwayo okudabukisayo - isifunda saseCaribbean sinerekhodi elihle.

Ngo-2020, Umbiko Wokuthuthukiswa Kwabantu WeNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene (osekelwe kudatha yango-2019) wabala ukuthi iminyaka yokuphila kwabesifazane ngesikhathi sokuzalwa e-Barbados yayiyiminyaka engama-80.5, uma kuqhathaniswa nama-78.7 kwabesifazane esifundeni sonke. E-Barbados, amantombazane angalindela iminyaka engu-17 yemfundo etholakalayo kusukela ebuntwaneni kuya ezingeni lemfundo ephakeme, uma kuqhathaniswa neminyaka eyi-15 esifundeni. Izinga lokufunda nokubhala laseBarbadian labadala lingaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-99, insika yentando yeningi esimeme.

Uma ebheka ngaphandle selokhu athatha izintambo ngo-2018 okokuqala ngqa ekunqobeni kwakhe ukhetho olukhulu lwe-Barbados Labor Party, uMottley usezakhele igama eliqinile emhlabeni wonke. Inkulumo yakhe eyinselelo ebukhali kuMhlangano Jikelele we-UN ngoSepthemba kanye nokugxeka okunamandla kwezingxoxo zesimo sezulu somhlaba (bona ividiyo ngezansi) kudonse ukunaka kwakhe ngokungagwegwesi okuqinile nekhono lokuvusa izethameli. Nokho ungumholi wezwe elicishe lilingane nengxenye yesine yedolobha elikhulu laseLondon, elinabantu abangaba ngu-300,000, elilingana nelaseBahamas.

"Siphetha lo nyaka, wezi-2021, sephule izinsalela zezikhungo zokugcina zesikhathi esidlule samakoloni, siqeda uhlobo lokubusa olwathatha iminyaka engama-396," esho emyalezweni wakhe kaKhisimusi esizweni. "Simemezele ukuthi siyiRiphabhulikhi yasePhalamende, samukela isibopho esigcwele ngesiphetho sethu futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye, sifaka iNhloko Yezwe yokuqala yaseBarbadian emlandweni wethu." USandra Prunella Mason, owayengumbusi-jikelele, ummeli waseBarbadian, ufungiswe ngoNovemba 30 njengomongameli wokuqala weriphabhulikhi.

"Siqhubekela phambili, bangane bami, ngokuzethemba," kusho uMottley emlayezo wakhe. “Lokhu ngikholwa wukuthi kuwubufakazi bokuvuthwa kwethu njengabantu nanjengesizwe esiyiziqhingi. Manje, sisemnyango ka-2022. Sizimisele ukuqalisa kabusha uhambo olubheke eBarbados ibe sezingeni lomhlaba ngo-2027.”

Kuwuhlelo olude.

Umnotho waseBarbadian uhlehliswe ukulahlekelwa ngesikhathi sodlame lwemali ezuzwayo evela kwezokuvakasha ezisezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa undunankulu uthi abahambi sebeqala ukuhlehla. I-Central Bank yaseBarbados ibikezela ukuthi ezokuvakasha zizolulama ngokugcwele ngo-2023.

UMottley ukhululekile esiteji esikhulu. Uhlale eLondon naseDolobheni laseNew York, uneziqu zomthetho azithola eLondon School of Economics (egcizelela ukumela) futhi ungummeli wenkantolo yaseNgilandi naseWales.

Umlando wokuqala weBarbados ngaphansi kombuso waseBrithani ucwile emakhulwini eminyaka okuxhashazwa nosizi. Kungekudala ngemva kokuba abanikazi bomhlaba bokuqala abamhlophe baqala ukufika ngeminyaka yawo-1620, bexosha aboMdabu ezweni labo, lesi siqhingi saba isizinda sohwebo lwezigqila lwase-Afrika eNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe. Ngokushesha iBrithani yabusa ukushushumbiswa kwamazwe aphesheya kwe-Atlantic futhi yakha umnotho wezwe omusha, ophumelelayo wezikhulu zaseBrithani emhlane wama-Afrika.

Abanikazi bamasimu baseBrithani babefunde kumaPutukezi namaSpanishi, abethule umsebenzi wezigqila ezindaweni zabo zamakoloni ngeminyaka yawo-1500s, ukuthi lolu hlelo lwalunenzuzo kangakanani ngomsebenzi wamahhala. Emasimini kashukela eBarbados, wawusetshenziswa esikalini sezimboni. Phakathi neminyaka edlule, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zama-Afrika ayengamancoko nje, encishwa amalungelo ngaphansi kwemithetho eqinile yobandlululo. Ubugqila baqedwa embusweni waseBrithani ngo-1834. (Kwaqedwa kuzo zonke izifundazwe ezisenyakatho Melika phakathi kuka-1774 no-1804, kodwa hhayi eNingizimu kwaze kwaba ngu-1865.)

Indaba yobugqila e-Barbados ilandiswa encwadini yango-2017 esekelwe ocwaningweni lwezazi oluhambisana nokuvezwa okushisayo kwempilo yase-Afro-Caribbean: "Inhlangano Yokuqala Yabagqila Abamnyama: 'Isikhathi Se-Barbarity' saseBrithani eBarbados 1636-1876." Umbhali, u-Hilary Beckles, isazi-mlando esazalelwa eBarbados, uyisekela likashansela we-University of the West Indies, okuyiyona eshicilele le ncwadi.

U-Beckles ube ngumgqugquzeli ohamba phambili wokunxeshezelwa kobugqila ohlale ejabulisa abantu abaphezulu baseBrithani, abezimali baseLondon kanye nezikhungo abazidalile ngenzuzo yobugqila. Inhlangano yaseBrithani ayizange ihluleke kuphela ukulungisa, uyaphikisana, kodwa futhi ayizange itshele iqiniso kubantu baseBrithani mayelana nokwesabeka kwempilo yase-Afro-Caribbean.

INkosana uCharles, enkulumweni yakhe yangomhla zingama-30 kuNov. mayelana nokunikezelwa kwensalela yokugcina yamandla obukhosi kwiriphabhulikhi entsha, wenze ireferensi yadlula nje ekuhluphekeni kwezigqila zase-Afrika okwathatha amakhulu eminyaka futhi esikhundleni salokho wagxila ekusaseni elijabulisayo leBritish-Barbados. ubuhlobo.

"Kusukela ezinsukwini ezimnyama kakhulu zesikhathi sethu esidlule, kanye nesihluku esibi sobugqila, esingcolisa umlando wethu kuze kube phakade, abantu bakulesi siqhingi bakha indlela yabo ngamandla amangalisayo," esho. “Ukukhululwa, ukuzibusa kanye nokuzimela bekuyizindlela zenu. Inkululeko, ubulungiswa kanye nokuzikhethela kube yiziqondiso zakho. Uhambo lwakho olude lukulethe kulesi sikhathi, hhayi njengendawo oya kuyo, kodwa njengendawo ongabona kuyo umkhathizwe omusha.”

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