I-Afrika / i-America

Muva nje ngiye ngaba nelungelo elikhulu ukusebenza namanye ama-1,000 Mandela Washington Fellows, iqembu elikhethiwe labaholi abaseNingizimu Afrika abangaphansi kweSahara abaneminyaka eyi-25-35 ababekwe amasonto ayisithupha kuma-universities e-40 e-US. Abaholi abasebasha bayashisa.

Umkhosi wokuvula, emasontweni ambalwa adlule, wabonisa ezinye zezingcweti zomhlaba ezingcono kakhulu-iGhanaian-futhi evame ukwamukelwa ezikhungweni zaseyunivesithi. Kwabe sekufika ikheli lokuvula elinye lamalungu e-Portland State University, insizwa-ngisho ne-30 okwamanje-evela eSierra Leone, i-Ansumana Bangura. Wayengumfana oneminyaka engu-12 lapho abahlubuki beza noyise ngesikhathi sempi enyantisayo ye-1990s. Uyise wayesebenza ngakho baqeda ingalo yangakwesokudla yomfana.

Cabanga nje ukuthi uhlaselwa kabi, uhlala ngesikhathi sokulwa, uqhutshwa ezweni ukuba uhlale njengombaleki wamaphutha iminyaka emine, futhi ubuyiselwe kuphela ngenxa yokuthi izakhamizi zezwe ezithintekayo zatshelwa ngokuzumayo ukuthi "bonke abantu baseSierra Leone bangamaphekula," futhi bonke ababaleki kwakudingeka baphinde babalekele .

U-Ansu, osebenza nabantwana bendawo eFreetown (inhloko-dolobha yaseSierra Leone) uyisiphakamiso esiphezulu somphakathi, esinamandla, esinomusa, esinamandla okuxhumana okuxhuma ngokushesha, ukugcizelela ukufinyelela okulingana nethuba elilinganayo kuwo wonke umntwana. Yona kanye incazelo yokuqinisela, okuyiwona ophawulekayo kakhulu we-Afrika okwamanje.

The UMandela Washington Fellowship (MWF) uye wahlanganisa ukuxhumana okujulile okusha ePortland State University futhi, ngizogodla, ku zonke ezinye amanyuvesi azungezile ase-US. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, ngiye ngabona ubudlelwane obuseduze nabangane bami ePortlanders futhi nami ngizobheja ngokufanayo ukuthi yonke imiphakathi eyasamukelayo manje isizuzisa kulobu buhlobo obusha nabaholi abasebasha base-Afrika abavela kuzo zonke izingxenye zamazwe ase-Afrika aseSarharan. Ngibheka njengendodana encane yaseNigeria ilandelela ulwazi lwemikhuba emihle yezindlu ezihambayo, into emisha ukuthi izithembiso zomhlaba ziphuthumayo kodwa futhi ziyingozi uma zilawulwa kahle ("Yile ndlela manje," wangitshela). Futhi isikhulu esincane sezemvelo esivela e-Ethiopia sisebenzisana nezikhulu zomphakathi kanye namaprofesa omgomo womphakathi kanye nodokotela ukuze bafune izindlela ezintsha kakhulu zase-US zokudayela ukusebenza kahle komkhumbi ngenkathi zidayela phansi umonakalo wekhabhoni. Unezigaba zombili zesayensi nezentuthuko futhi udonsela kumodeli kaPortland ezindaweni eziningana, njengoba nje nabanye abaFellows baMasipala befunda eminye imiphakathi ngaphesheya kwe-US.

I-MWF yakhula ngokumangala kukaMengameli Obama ukuvakashela uNelson Mandela ngasekugcineni futhi yaqala ngama-500 nabo ku-2014, okufanayo ku-2015, futhi yanda ku-1000 kulo nyaka. Sinesiqiniseko sokuthi lesi sinyathelo sizokweluleka esibalulekile, ukubekezelela ubuhlobo obuzuzisayo, ngabanye nangenhlangano, ngokuxhumana ngqo, e-Afrika kuya eMelika.

Ngalokhu lokhu kungumnyango wezeMbuso-uxhaswe ngemali-futhi-okwenziwe u-Obama, kunethuba elihle kakhulu lokuthi lizoqhubeka, kuye ngokukhethwa kwe-2016. Ngokwezinzuzo zethu ezikhanyisiwe, ngithemba ukuthi abaseMelika benze ukhetho oluzokwenza ngempela lokhu kushintshaniswa okuqhubekayo okubopha abaholi abasafufusa base-Afrika kusukela ezombusazwe kuya ezakhiweni kuya kwezolimo ukuze ibhange ukuya emfundweni ekuthuthukiseni amandla kwamandla nokunye okuningi eMelika. Ukucabanga kwethu nge-Afrika kuvame ukufiphaza lapho sihlangana nabesifazane abasha nabesilisa abasebenza ngokuthula, amalungelo esintu, amalungelo angama-gay ne-transgender, ezolimo eziqhubekayo, amandla ahlukile, futhi uxube ekuhlakanipheni kwe-Afrika nendawo yobuchwepheshe obudala obuxhaswe ngezinguquko zakamuva zobuchwepheshe.

Ukuqhubeka ne-MWF kuyoba kuhle kubantu base-Afrika futhi kuhle kubantu baseMelika. I-Afrika iyizwekazi elicebile kakhulu neRussia, i-China, ne-America yonke efuna isimo esithandwa kakhulu namazwe amaningi e-XNUM kuleli zwekazi-lesi sinyathelo sithatha isikhathi eside ekuqiniseni ukuxhumana okunempilo, okuhle, nokuthula okuzosiza abaningi baseMelika kanye nabantu abaningi base-Afrika. Noma yini kungaba yisihawu.