Ta Tom H. Hastings, PeaceVoice
Kwanan nan na samu babban dama na yin aiki tare da wasu 'yan Afirka na 1,000 Mandela na Washington, wani rukunin rukunin matasa na kudancin Sahara na shekaru 25-35 da aka shirya na makonni shida a game da jami'o'in 40 a kusa da Amurka. Shugabannin matasan suna yin zabe.
Babban bikin budewa, wasu makonni da suka wuce, sun nuna wasu daga cikin drummers mafi kyau a duniya-Ghana-da kuma sanannun maraba daga Jami'an jami'a. Daga nan sai jawabi na budewa ta daya daga cikin mahalarta a Jami'ar Jihar Portland, wani saurayi - har ma 30 duk da haka-daga Saliyo, Ansumana Bangura. Ya kasance dan jaririn 12 lokacin da 'yan tawayen suka zo don mahaifinsa a lokacin mummunan yaki na 1990s. Mahaifinsa yana aiki ne don haka suka kori hannun yarinyar.
Ka yi la'akari da cin zarafi, da zama a cikin yaki, daga kasar don zama dan gudun hijirar 'yan gudun hijirar har shekaru hudu, kuma sun dawo ne kawai saboda an ba da labarin cewa' yan Saliyo sune 'yan ta'adda, "kuma duk' yan gudun hijirar sun gudu. .
Ansu, wanda ke aiki tare da yara a Freetown (babban birnin Saliyo) wani mai magana ne mai haske, mai karfi, mai ban sha'awa, tare da ikon da yake haɗuwa da gaggawa, yana ƙarfafa damar samun daidaito da dama ga kowane yaro. Shi ne ainihin ma'anar farfadowa, wanda shine alama mafi kyau na Afirka a yanzu.
The Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF) ya ƙirƙiri sababbin hanyoyin zurfafawa a Jami'ar Jihar Portland, kuma, zan yi aiki, a duk sauran jami'o'in jami'o'i a kusa da Amurka. Bayan haka, Na lura da 'yan Fursunoni na inganta dangantaka da' yan'uwanmu na Portlanders kuma zan yi maimaita cewa dukkanin al'ummomin da suka karbi bakuncin suna samun amfana daga wannan sabon dangantaka tare da shugabannin Afirka na matasa daga dukkanin bangarori na ƙasashen Afirka da ke karkashin Sarharan. Ina kallo yayin da matasan Najeriya ke neman ilimi game da mafi kyawun ayyuka na gidaje masu tuddai, wani bidi'a wanda yayi alkawarinsa na gida gida a cikin mahaifarsa amma har da barazanar idan an hukunta ta ("Wannan shi ne yanzu," in ji shi). Kuma wani matashi mai kula da muhalli daga Habasha yana tare da jami'an gwamnati da masu farfadowa na siyasa da masu aiki don neman sababbin hanyoyin Amurka na yin kira da yin amfani da kayan aiki a yayin da ake kira saukar da ƙafar ƙafa. Tana da digiri na kimiyya da ci gaba, kuma ana kusantar da shi a cikin yankunan da dama, kamar yadda sauran Fellows na MW ke koya daga sauran al'ummomi a fadin Amurka.
MWF ya taso ne daga ziyarar Shugaba Obama da ya ziyarci marigayin Nelson Mandela kuma ya fara tare da 'yan 500 a 2014, haka a cikin 2015, kuma ya fadada zuwa 1000 a wannan shekara. Muna da tabbacin cewa wannan shirin zai ba da muhimmiyar mahimmanci, haɓaka dangantaka da juna, ta kowane mutum da ƙungiya, a cikin haɗin kai tsaye, Afirka zuwa Amurka.
Duk da yake wannan shi ne Ma'aikatar Ma'aikatar Gwamnati-da-
Ci gaba da MWF zai kasance mai kyau ga Afirka kuma yana da kyau ga jama'ar Amirka. Afrika na da matukar arziki mai dorewa da Rasha, Sin da Amurka duk suna son samun matsayi mafi girma da kasashe da dama na 54 a nahiyar - wannan shirin yana da hanyoyi masu yawa don karfafa halayyar lafiya, tabbatacciya, zaman lafiya wanda zai inganta sauran Amirkawa da kuma karin 'yan Afrika. Akwai wani abu zai zama tausayi.