Paiva nevana vedu parwendo. Ini - ndakakurira muZimbabwe uye mukati uye kunze kweAfrica muhupenyu hwose; hanzvadzi yangu, uyo akakura mukondinendi asi akanga asina kushanyira South Africa kubva pakuwa kwehutongerwe enyika; murume wake, uyo akanga asina kumboenda kuAfrica kare; uye mwanakomana wavo ane makore gumi nemaviri. Takanga tiri muCape Town , uye ndaida chaizvo kuvaendesa kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzisina kugadziriswa, kana makiriji.
Pros uye Cons
Zvandinowanzotanga mazuva matatu kutumirwa kuKapa zvinosanganisira rimwe zuva rakagadzirirwa kurwendo rwekodhi uye kushanyira Robben Island , zuva repiri rakashandisa kuongorora Cape Dutch nhoroondo yeCape Malay Quarter yeBo-Kaap , uye zuva rechitatu rakatsaurirwa kutarisa Tedha Gomo uye Cape Peninsula. Nenzira iyi, ndinonzwa kuti vatasvi vangu vanoona mamiriro ezvinhu akaenzana emunharaunda yacho uye zvisingaenzaniswi netsika.
Pazuva rokutanga, kukurukurirana pakati pangu nemhuri yangu kwakanyanyisa. Hanzvadzi yangu, Penny, ainetseka kuti mahofisi egutaji aive achiyeuristic zvakanakisisa, uye nechisarudzo chisingazivikanwi pane zvakaipa. Akanga aine maonero ekuti vakashandira chinangwa chiduku pane kubvumira vatsvene vatsvene mumadhora kuti vashandure uye vatarise vanhu varombo, vatore mifananidzo yavo uye vaende mberi.
Mukwambo wangu, Dennis, ainetseka kuti urombo huri mukati mekotari hwaizove huchitsamwisa mwanakomana wake. Kune rumwe rutivi, ndakafunga kuti zvakanga zvakakosha zvakanyanya kuti muzukuru wangu aone uye anzwisise chimwe chinhu kune rumwe rutivi rweAfrica.
Ndaifunga kuti akanga akwegura zvakakwana uye akaoma zvakakwana kuti atsungirire - uye chero zvakadaro, sezvo ndakanga ndatora rufambi mberi, ndaiziva kuti nyaya yacho yakanga isina kurega uye yakaipa.
Apartheid Laws
Pakupedzisira, kushivirira kwangu kwakakunda uye isu takasayirira kuti tifambe. Takatanga kuReader Six Museum, kwatakadzidza pamusoro penyaya yevanhu veCape Colored, avo vakadzingwa zvakasimba kubva pakati peguta pasi peBoka Areas Act ye1950.
Mutemo waiva umwe wezvinonyanya kuzivikanwa nehutongerwe enyika, kudzivisa kupindirana kwevatsvene nevasiri vatsvene kuburikidza nekupa nzvimbo dzakasiyana dzekugara kune mamwe madzinza.
Zvadaro, takashanyira mahofisi ekare evashandi kuLanga. Munguva yehutongerwe enyika, Mitemo yePass yakamanikidza varume kusiya mhuri dzavo pamba pavakasvika mumaguta kuti vashande. Mahofisi eLanga akavakwa sezvivako zvevarume vasina kuroora vane varume vane gumi nevaviri vachigovera jikari rakakosha uye yekugeza. Apo Mitemo yePasipore yakabviswa, mhuri dzakasangana kuguta kuti dzinosangana nevarume nebaba vavo mumapurisa, zvichiita kuti zvigadzikane zvishoma zvipenyu zvigaro.
Kamwe kamwe, pane kuva nevarume gumi nevaviri vachigovana mukicheni uye mudzimba, mhuri gumi nembiri dzaifanira kurarama dzichishandisa zvivako zvakafanana. Misoro yakasimuka pazvikamu zvose zvinowanika zviripo kuti zvigadzikane nekuputika, uye nzvimbo yacho yakakurumidza kuva slum. Takasangana nedzimwe mhuri dzinogara imomo nhasi, kusanganisira mukadzi ari kutambisa shebeen ( mabhizimisi asingabvumirwi nemutemo) kunze kwepurasitiki-uye-makadhi shanty. Apo takadzoka pabhazi, isu tose takaninipiswa tikava nekunyarara kuburikidza nehurombo hunoshamisa hwemunharaunda.
Kuronga nekugadzira
Guta reKapa Town of Crossroads rakave chiratidzo chepasi rose chekudzvinyirirwa kwehutongerwe enyika muna 1986, apo mifananidzo yevagari vayo yakabviswa zvakasimba yakashambadzirwa munyika yose terevhizheni.
Ndinotarisira kuti ndione dambudziko rakafanana randakarangarira kubva pamifananidzo iyo yakaipa, kushanyira kwedu ikoko kwaive kwakanyanya kushamisa kwezuva. Crossroads yaiva nemigwagwa. Yakanga yakarongwa uye yakarongedzwa, ine magomba uye magetsi, girazi yemugwagwa uye zvivakwa zvekuvaka.
Dzimwe dzimba dzaive dzakanyanyisa, asi dzimwe dzaive dzakashamisika, nemasuo akaitwa-iron nemigwagwa yakavezwa. Yaiva pano yatakatanga kunzwa nezvehurumende inoronga kupa vanhu chivako uye chimbuzi uye vanoita kuti vavake imba yavo payo. Yakaita seyakanaka yekutanga star pack kune munhu asina chinhu. Pachikoro chevana vekuchikoro, muzukuru wangu wakanyangarika mukati memurwi wevana, kurira kwekuseka kunonamatira kubva padenga resimbi.
Havana kutitora kuenda kuKhayelitsha, kariji iyo vazhinji veVaparidzi vakagariswa.
Panguva iyoyo, yakanga iri guta rakakosha rine mamiriyoni ane simba rine imwe chete yepamutemo shop. Zvinhu zvakagadziriswa zvikuru kubva ipapo, asi kuchine nzira yakareba yekuenda nayo. Kufambira mberi kuri kuitwa, zvisinei, uye nekuguma kwezuva refu rekunzwa kwakanyanya, hanzvadzi yangu yakapfupisa chiitiko ichi, "Chakanga chiri chinoshamisa. Pamusoro pematambudziko ose, ndainzwa kuva netariro chaiyo. "
A Cultural Revolution
Zuva iro nemhuri yangu raiva makore mashomanana apfuura uye zvinhu kubvira ipapo zvakasimuka zvinoshamisa. Kwandiri, nguva yakatendeka yakauya kwenguva yakati gare mune imwe koroti - Soweto kuGoli . Ndakazviwana ndiri muBafi yekutanga yebhavha - mabhandi epazhizha, mazamu epepenki uye makanda anozvikudza ane cappuccino - ane mazano akareba uye akaoma pamusoro pekuti vagari vomunharaunda vanogona sei kutora ruzivo munzvimbo yacho.
Iye zvino, Soweto ine hofisi yevashanyi, yunivhesiti uye a symphony orchestra. Kune usiku hweJazz nekoroti B & Bs. Ihostela dzeLanga dziri kutendeuka kuva misha. Nyatsocherechedza uye izvo zvinoratidzika sechimiro chechivara chemavara chinogona kunge chiri kakombiyuta kudzidzisa chikoro kana musangano wemagetsi. Tora chikwata chekuenda. Ichakubatsira iwe kunzwisisa. Kuratidzwa kwakanaka kuchaisa mari muhomwe inoda iyo. Icho chiitiko chinokurudzira uye chinofadza. Zvakakosha.
NB: Kana ukasarudza kutora chikwata chekoroti, tsvaga kambani inogamuchira mapoka mashoma chete uye ayo anobva mumutaundi. Nenzira iyo, iwe une ruzivo rwechokwadi uye rwechokwadi, uye unoziva kuti mari yaunoshandisa pairi rwendo iri kuenda zvakananga kumunharaunda.
Nyaya iyi yakarongedzwa naJessica Macdonald musi waSeptember 18, 2016.