I-US Postal Service igubha uMnyuziyamu Kazwelonke Wezomlando wase-Afrika waseMelika

Isitembu esisha sokuposa sase-US esihlonipha iNational Museum of African American History and Culture siqhakambisa impumelelo yase-Afrika-Melika futhi siphakamisa lo mnyuziyamu ezingeni lomhlaba jikelele.

I-US Postal Service yethule iSitembu Sokugubha Umlando Wase-Afrika NamaSiko ngo-Okthoba, emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokufakwa okusha sha kweSmithsonian Institution kugujwa usuku lwayo lokuqala ngoSepthemba 24.

Umnyuziyamu ubalwe nezivakashi ezibalelwa ezigidini ezintathu selokhu yavulwa, kusho umqondisi wemyuziyamu uLonnie G. Bunch III.

Izivakashi zichitha isilinganiso samahora ayisithupha nohhafu esakhiweni, umnyuziyamu omkhulu kunayo yonke futhi ophelele wesizwe onikelwe impilo yase-Afrika-Melika, ubuciko, umlando namasiko. Izivakashi zeminye iminyuziyamu yaseSmithsonian zivame ukuchitha isikhathi esiphakathi kwehora namahora amabili nohhafu, kusho okhulumela abakwaSmithsonia, uLinda St. Thomas.

Lesi yisikhathi sokuqala ukuthi insizakalo yeposi ihloniphe umnyuziyamu waseSmithsonian ngesitembu sawo, kusho uRoy Betts, okhulumela abezokuposa. Uthe zingu-15 million izitembu ezinyathelisiwe.

Isitembu sisuselwa esithombeni esithwetshuliwe ekhoneni elisenyakatho-ntshonalanga yomnyuziyamu enezingxenye ezintathu ezinemibala emithathu yethusi eveza ukholo, ukuqina nethemba futhi ehlonipha izigqila zase-Afrika nezaseMelika ezigqilazwe eNew Orleans naseCharleston, eSouth Carolina.

“Isitembu esisinikezela namuhla siqhakambisa ubuhle obubabazekayo balesi sigcinamagugu,” kusho uRonald A. Stroman, oyisekela likamphathi-jikelele wezokuposa. Uthe insizakalo yeposi ibalulekile ekusizeni ukudala abamnyama abaphakathi ngoba iqashe abantu base-Afrika baseMelika ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 lapho amanye amabhizinisi amaningi ebengeke.

Izitembu “Zaphakade” zihlala zivumelekile ekuposweni kwezinga lokuqala e-US, noma ngabe kukhuphuka isilinganiso sini esizayo.

Abantu abangaba yizigidi ezingama-30 unyaka ngamunye bavakashela omunye weminyuziyamu eyi-19 yaseSmithsonian Institution nezindawo zobuciko eWashington naseNew York.

Izinhloso zomnyuziyamu wase-Afrika-waseMelika, owawugunyazwe yisenzo seCongress ngo-2003, nguku “phula ukuthula okuhlukanise iMelika nokusisiza sikhumbule ukuthi sonke sakhiwe futhi senziwa ngcono ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu base-Afrika nabaseMelika, ”Kusho uBunch.

Isitembu sithatha unyaka ophawulekayo walesi sigcinamagugu, esivulwe nguMengameli wangaphambilini uBarack Obama noGeorge W. Bush ngo-2016.

Ngisho nangezikhathi zomnyuziyamu, uBunch akazange aphuphe ukuthi ingathola isitembu sayo.

"Kumele ngikutshele, lesi yisikhathi esikhetheke kakhulu ngoba ngokungagunci, lokhu kusiphuca umoya," kusho uBunch.