Ukuzula amafindo omlando nobunikazi
NguSamantha Daly / ihunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone
Ebhekwa njengomama womdanso wesimanje wase-Afrika, uGermaine Acogny waseSenegal akasiyena umuntu ongaziwa ezindaweni zomdanso zamazwe omhlaba futhi uyisimenywa esibuya kwisiteji waseJOMBA!. Kulo nyaka ukhombisa umdanso ongokomzwelo osihloko sithi Somewhere at the Beginning, lapho ahlangana khona nomlando nobuyena.
u-Acogny ingena kancane. Ngokukhanyisa okubeka imizwa kanye nesiteji sokuthula, kwakha ithoni elindelekile njengoba ababukeli bemiswa okwesikhashana sokulindela okwabiwe njengoba belinde ukuqala komdanso. Isithombe sendoda, ebukeka siziqhenya futhi sibalulekile, sibuka lendawo. Phansi kunencwadi ayicabangayo okwesikhashana ngaphambi kokukhuluma nababukeli. Okwenza u-Acogny ahluke kozakwabo akukhona nje kuphela umusa nobuhle bakhe njengomlingisi, kepha yithalente lakhe elihle kakhulu lokuxoxa izindaba. Ku Somewhere at the Beginning, le ndaba iqala njengoba u-Acogny ekhuluma: “Lapho ubaba eqeda ukubhala umlando wakhe, wathi: ukube benginesifiso kungaba ukuthi abantu — bonke abantu — kungakhathalekile imvelaphi yabo nezinkolelo zabo.Yazi ukuthi zonke ziyafana futhi kumele zisebenzisane”.
Okulandelayo ukubheka komuntu uqobo ukuhlangana nezindaba eziqondise okwenzeka empilweni ka-Acogny, ebuza ngezinto ezifana nokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba ngowesifazane. Imemori iphathwa ngokunakekelwa futhi ngamandla njengendlela yokubuza imibuzo endala: Ngingubani mina?
Ukudlala kungumdanso omuhle, onemidiya eminingi ohlanganisa ukulandisa okurekhodiwe nezithombe ezinokusebenza okubandakanya ukulandisa okubukhoma (ukunqekuzisa indlela okwedlule okwazisa ngayo okwenzeka manje), kanye nokusetshenziswa okucabangayo kwekhethini lapho u-Acogny edlula phakathi kwakhe njengoba efunda okwedlule nokwamanje okwenza umsebenzi obukekayo ongeke ukhohlwe ngokushesha! Umuntu akanakukusiza kodwa abheke ukusebenza njengokumelela ubunikazi obuningi obunemicikilisho esihamba nabo ezimpilweni zethu futhi, njengoba sihamba no-Acogny phakathi kwezingxenye ezahlukahlukene zomlando wakhe nobunikazi, ngandlela thile sicelwe ukuthi sicabange mayelana nezendlalelo zethu kanye nezindaba, okuhlangenwe nakho nezinkumbulo ezisazisa ngemilando yethu nobunikazi bethu.
Lokhu kungukusebenza okuthinta inhliziyo kakhulu futhi kuyathobeka ukufakaza ngohambo lomuntu siqu luka-Acogny ukusuka kwenye indawo ekuqaleni, kuze kube manje…
I-Somewhere at the Beginning izokhonjiswa ngoMgqibelo umhlaka-5 Septhemba ngo-7 ebusuku iphinde ihlolwe ngeSonto nge-6 Septhemba ngo-12 ebusuku: http://www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za
