Ukuqala lokhu kuwa, isiqhingi esikude seNingizimu ye-Atlantic iSt. Helena sisingatha uchungechunge lwemicimbi namaphrojekthi akhethekile azungeze ifa lawo leNapoleon. Lo mkhankaso, ngaphansi kwesandla se- I-British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust, kuphawula iminyaka engama-200 selokhu uNapoleon ashone esiqhingini athunjelwa kuso ngemuva kokunqotshwa kwamaFrance empini yase-Waterloo ngo-1815. UNapoleon kuthiwa wabulawa ngumdlavuza wesisu ngoMeyi 5, 1821 eLongwood House, engenye yezindawo ezinomlando kakhulu eSt. Helena. Ngo-1840, ibhokisi lakhe lomngcwabo laphazanyiswa lahanjiswa eParis lapho laphinde langcwatshwa khona ngaphansi kwedome yeHôtel des Invalides.
Isendaweni engamakhilomitha angu-1,200 ukusuka e-Afrika namakhilomitha angu-1,800 ukusuka eNingizimu Melika, iSt. Helena (ebizwa ngokuthi i-St. Hel-EE-na) ingenye yeziqhingi ezikude kakhulu emhlabeni ezinabantu abaningi. Njengendawo yokudingiswa kukaNapoleon, lesi siqhingi sinezindawo eziningi zamagugu; nezigodi ezinezinqaba neziteshi zamafulege ezakhelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uNapoleon ngeke abaleke.I-Trust inezinjongo ezimbili ezibalulekile: ukulondoloza izindawo zamagugu ezisengozini yesiqhingi, kanye nokukhuthaza imibono emisha ngendaba yeNapoleon e-St. Helena.
Ukuze kulondolozwe amagugu alesi siqhingi, kuye kwamenyezelwa amaphrojekthi amabili. Esokuqala ukubuyiselwa kweToby's Cottage, ibhilidi ebelihlala izigqila zomndeni wasebukhosini baseBalcombe - okuhlanganisa nendoda okuthiwa uToby. Le ndlu encane ingenye yezindawo ezimbalwa ezisaphila zabantu base-Afrika abayizigqila esiqhingini. Kukhona nezinhlelo ze-Heritage Trail entsha, ehlanganisa izindawo ezimbalwa zomlando. Lo mkhankaso uzoba nochungechunge lwemicimbi ye-inthanethi. Lezi zihlose ukukhumbula ukufa kukaNapoleon ngendlela enenhlonipho, evuma ifa eliyinkimbinkimbi lokubusa kwakhe, ukunqotshwa nokufa.
NgoMeyi 2021, kuzoba nemicimbi eminingi esondelene yokukhumbula ethuneni labantu abaningi abaphawulekile benkathi kaNapoleon. Okuhlangenwe nakho okubonakalayo kuzofaka phakathi 'ukuvakashelwa' kwe-3D kumasayithi amakhulu eNapoleon yesiqhingi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The campaign, under the auspices of The British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust, marks 200 years since Napoleon died on the island to which he was exiled after the French defeat at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.
- These aim to commemorate the death of Napoleon in a respectful manner, acknowledging the complicated legacy of his rule, defeat and death.
- The cottage is one of a few surviving dwellings of enslaved Africans on the island.
