Iya Taoundé — uMama ubuyile
NguSarah Davies Cordova (umbhali wezivakashi)/(ihunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone)
Ungena esiteji lapho kungekho msindo, umama we-Contemporary African Dance, uGermaine Acogny ungena ezingxoxweni noyise wakhe oshonile, owayekade eyisisebenzi sikahulumeni wombuso wamakoloni waseFrance futhi umdanso owodwa phambi no-Aloopho, ugogo wakhe ohlangothini lukayise nompristi wesifazane waseYoruba owaseDahomey (eBenin), angakaze amazi. Lemibhalo efana neyomsebenzi kanye neyamazwi ifaka imibhalo (ukufundwa encwadini kababa wakhe, eminye imibhalo okufanele ifundwe, izindaba ezimbili zomlomo, amanye amazwi aphikisanayo nokuxoxa esikrinini) nezithombe (izithombe zikayise nogogo wakhe, namavidiyo aseSenegal, waseFrance, onemibhalo eqoshiwe yesikhathi esedlule neyamanje) ekhonjiswe kwikhethini lezintambo ezimnyama ukusika nokuluka isigaba sasebukhosini ezikhaleni zisikhathi ezimbili lapho amaphuzu omculo omningi enyakazisa, evuvuka, eshaya futhi ehla, engena ephuma ukuthulisa futhi kusuka kwakudala kuya kwesimanje izitayela zomculo zase-Afrika naseNtshonalanga.
Nge “Somewhere at the beginning”, uAcogny ulandela indaba yakhe yangemva kobukoloni ngezinkulumo ezihlakazekile nezingokoqobo ezingxoxweni nalabo abamkhiphela izimpande zomlando wezenkolo nazamasiko wase-Afrika (Senghor) wokuqeda umbuso (Césaire) kanye nomdanso ophathelene namasiko nowakudala (Béjart) kanye nokubuzwa kwezinganekwane nomkhosi wakudala nokwenziwa kwawo kabusha kuhlelwe eceleni kwamafomu esikhathini samanje.
Njengoba enza ngokuphelele ku- “Mon élue noire #2” (eyenziwe ngo 2015 isolo lakhe ethi-“Rite of Spring”) futhi ekubuyeni kwakhe njengoTanam kwifilim ye-“Yao” ka-2018, naku-“Songook Yaakaar” (“Ebhekene Nethemba” le-2010) ngesimo sayo semibhalo, uAcogny kwi-“Somewhere at the beginning” uyanqaba ngokusobala ubunikazi bakhe obuningi: uGermaine, uMarie, uPentecôte, uSalimata no-Acogny udlulisa izingqinamba zomuntu nezomhlaba wonke ezibalulekile kuye: amalungelo abesifazane, umshado, inkolo, umlando wokugqilazwa nobukoloniyali e-Afrika, ukukhululwa kanye nokufudukela.
Ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo yezikhathi, ukweqa imingcele nempucuko, futhi kudwengula ngolaka ukuthula okuvela ekusakazweni kwesinye isizukulwane kuya kwesinye, umgogodla omude ka-Acogny — inyoka enganyakazi kanye nesihlahla sebaobab esiqhaqhazelayo — uhambisa izimpande zakhe kuze kube sekupheleni kwakhe izingalo, kuze kube sesiphethweni seminwe yakhe emhlabathini nasemoyeni, ezihamba ngamanani avundlile naqonde abayisishiyagalombili, kwiziyingi zesandla ngenhla ngaphambi kwakhe, nenjengamaphiko asetshenziswe alandelana kwi”Poetics of Relations. 2”.
Ukubuya kuka-Aloopho njengejuba lokuthula ngesikhathi sokuzalwa kukaPentekoste likaGermaine, kukhombise ukudluliselwa kwamandla akhe angcwele kumzukulu wakhe, kanye nokunikezwa kwakhe omunye ubudala, lokho kukamama kuyise uqobo. Ngokunjalo “Somewhere at the beginning” ilandisa ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso ukuthi ngemuva kokushikashika imvunulo enezimpaphe yale nyoni nemaski onomlomo, u-Iya Taounde Acogny uvela njengomama nendodakazi bese ebhabhadisa ubaba wakhe ngamazwi akhe futhi edansa ukuxolelwa kwakhe.
i-“Somewhere at the beginning” ka-Acogny isakaza ngo-19:00 (isikhathi esijwayelekile laseNingizimu Afrika) ngomhlaka 5 Septhemba, ngokuhlolwa okuphindiwe ngo-12:00 ngomhlaka 6 Septhemba. Iya ku — http://jomba.ukzn.ac.za khona uzothola ulwazi nge-Digital Festival nokuthi ungazifinyelela kanjani izixhumanisi zokusakaza eziya emisebenzini.
