Funda uMumia

Ewe, ndifuna ukuthi Mahala Mumia. Phofu ndifuna ukuthi Khululwa onke amabanjwa. Guqula intolongo ebambe u-Mumia Abu-Jamal ibe sisikolo kwaye umenze umfundisi. Ukuba anithanga nibakhulule bonke abakhonkxiweyo, khululani obohlwayweyo, libe lixhoba, elifanele ukwanelisa nakuphi na ukuchasa ngenxa yobugwenxa bakhe; Kwaye ukuba awukwenzi oko, mkhulule ngenxa yokuba wavalelwa entolongweni lityala lobuqhophololo nelinobuqhophololo elafihla ubungqina obuninzi njengoko libutyhilileyo, laza layila le yokugqibela.

Okubaluleke ngakumbi, Funda uMumia. Incwadi yakhe entsha ibizwa ngokuba Ukubhala eludongeni: Imibhalo ekhethiweyo yeNtolongo yaseMumia Abu-Jamal, yaye iquka amagqabaza kaMumia ukususela ngo-1982 ukuya kutsho ngo-2014. UMumia waqhubeka esenza intolongo yakhe yasisikolo—isikolo sembali, sezopolitiko nesokuziphatha. Yaye imfundiso yakhe yokuziphatha ngokuyintloko ingumzekelo. Ufundisa isifundo esikhululayo sokuba, ukuba ukhetha njalo, unokwazi ngoku ukuba akukho mntu uya kuze akwazi ukukubetha. Ungonwaba ubomi bakho bonke kwaye uqiniseke ngokupheleleyo ukuba akukho nto inokuze iyisuse loo nto.

Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba uMumia wadutyulwa waza wabethwa ngamapolisa kwi-intshi nje enye yobomi bakhe, awathi ke azama ukumbulala esibhedlele ngomoya obandayo owawuza kumbulala ngenyumoniya. Emva koko waqulunqwa waza wathunyelwa kwiziko "loluleko". Wandula ke wangcungcuthekiswa ixesha elide kangangoko kunokwenzeka nabani na ophilayo ngokuvalelwa yedwa (nto leyo eyenza abanye bazicente). Ngokwenyani wabulawa intlekisa kabini ngeentsuku ezibekelwe ukubulawa kwakhe ngurhulumente wasePennsylvania. Kwaye ayikhe ivumele phezulu, nge umzamo omtsha ukumbulala ngokukhanyela unyango kulo nyaka.

Nangona kunjalo ukusukela ngomhla woku-1 entolongweni ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, u-Mumia ebesenza amagqabantshintshi abhaliweyo kunye nonomathotholo alandela yonke intswela-bulungisa emhlabeni, kubandakanya naleyo yenziwa ngoonogada basejele abasongela ubomi bakhe. Kwaye umntu akanakufumana lizwi lokuzisizela kuyo nayiphi na kuzo. Okanye ilizwi lokuzifica okanye lokugxila emxinwa. Ukusuka ngasemva kwezitshixo, uMumia ubona umbono wehlabathi ungcono kunoninzi ongaphandle. Uthatha kumkhosi wemfazwe ngokuzimisela njengentlupheko kwaye utsala unxibelelwano phakathi kwabo. Ngaphandle koloyiko. Akukho bukrakra. Akukho paranoia. Akukho kuphelelwa lithemba. Hayi ndiyeke. Kwaye akukho ukuswela uthando nokuqonda.

Kwaye ayisosizathu sokuqala ukuba ufunde iMumia. Akanguye umbhali omkhulu ovalelwe ngokungalunganga-omnyama. Ungumbhali obalaseleyo. Kwaye ukuba ebekhululekile kwaye ekukhenketho lweencwadi, ngokuqinisekileyo amathuba angcono ukuba uyamfunda. Amagqabantshintshi kaMumia avela entolongweni anolwazi kwaye anokuqonda ngakumbi kunabaninzi abavela kwizifundiswa. Kwaye ngaphantsi kokuyekelela - Ukuyekelela ekubeni yinto ayithathayo ngokufanelekileyo kunye nokugxeka kwakhe oko WEB Dubois ebizwa ngokuba yiPhiladelphia Negro.

Ukuba ufuna amanqaku ezemidlalo kwiimbono zikaMumia, kuthekani ngoluhlu loqikelelo oluchanekileyo?

Waxela kwangaphambili ukukhululwa kukaGeorge Zimmerman ekubulaweni kukaTrayvon Martin.

Waxela kwangaphambili ukusebenza kukaColin Powell kwakude kudala ngaphambi kwentetho yakhe ye-UN: "[A] enze bonke ubomi bakhe bobuchwephesha, basemkhosini, iNjengele iya kulandela imiyalelo ayinikiweyo, nokuba akavumelani nayo." —Aug. 30, 2001

Wazixela kwangaphambili iintlekele zemfazwe ngaphambi kweemfazwe. Waxela kwangaphambili ukuba uGeorge W. Bush kunye noBarack Obama baya kuba ngubani ngaphambi kokukhethwa kukaBush kunye nonyulo luka-Obama (kwaye wabethelela ubusela baseFlorida eBush ngo-2000 ngaphambi kokuba bugqitywe). Ngo-Obama wathi:

“Ubuso obuntsundu kwiindawo eziphakamileyo abuyenzi inkululeko. Amandla angaphezulu kobukho. Kukukwazi ukuhlangabezana neenjongo zabantu zezobupolitika zenkululeko, ukuzimela geqe nokuba nezinto eziphathekayo. Sikude kakhulu kwezo njongo njengoko sasinjalo ngo-1967.” —Aug. 6, 2008

U-Mumia wafumana u-Hillary Clinton kanye ngaphambi kokuba abe yi-senator, ungakhathazeki ngaphambili, njengomongameli, waqala iMfazwe yeHlabathi yeSithathu:

“Umgqatswa welungu leSenethi yeDemocratic Alliance uHillary Clinton, emva kokukhululwa kwababulali bakaDiallo, wakhupha ingxelo yokuba 'amagosa asebupoliseni kufuneka asebenze ukuze aqonde uluntu, kwaye uluntu kufuneka luqonde ubungozi obujongene namapolisa.' Oku kusemva kokutshutshisa okumhlophe kunye nokukhululwa kwamapolisa amane abulale uDiallo kumnyango wakhe ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho olukhulu 'lokuma ngexa elimnyama.'–SWB. Oku kwakujongiwe kwimbonakaliso yezobupolitika yetyala apho amapolisa adubula iimbumbulu ezingama-41 kwindoda eyayingaxhobanga!” —Matshi 13, 2000

UMumia waphendula wathi “Kutheni besithiya nje?” ngoSeptemba 17, 2001. Wafumana iCuban Five kanye phambi kokuba bakhululwe. Wafumana i-Black Lives Matter ngaphambi kokuba iinkokeli zaloo ntshukumo zizalwe. Ufumene iDistant Life Matter naye, elungile, ngaphambi kokuba loo ntshukumo izalwe, ukuba ikhe yanjalo.

U-Mumia wade wathetha noBill Cosby ngendelelo efanelekileyo kumashumi eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba ipholile.

U-Mumia ngaphezu kwayo yonke into ube lilizwi eliphambili ekuncedeni ukuphelisa isigwebo sentambo, kwaye uye wabongoza kwaye wabhiyozela inyathelo ngalinye kweli cala.

UMumia wazi ngcono okwenzekayo evalelwe kunabantu abaninzi abangaphandle, kuba uyakwazi ukufikelela ezincwadini. Wakha wabhala olu hlaziyo lukanomathotholo kwenye yeencwadi zam, endiyigqala njengeyongamileyo kunalo naluphi na olunye uphononongo.

Abo bethu bangaphandle kwentolongo banokufikelela kwiincwadi, nangona abaninzi bebonakala beyilibala. Sonke sisenokuba nolwazi oluphangaleleyo njengoMumia. Sonke siyayazi into ezayo phambi kokuba isibethile ebusweni. Indawo elungileyo ongaqala kuyo kukufunda incwadi Ukubhala eDongeni.