Ukubukeza: I-Roots of Resistance, yi-Rivera Sun

ILanga, iRivera (2017). Izimpande zokumelana. I-El Prado, NM: I-Rising Sun Pressworks.

Kubukezwe nguTom H. Hastings, uDisemba 26, 2017.

URivera Sun udale impikiswano enkulu ezweni elincane kodwa elinothando lokumelana okungekuhle ngokuqamba kwakhe nge-2013 fiction extrapolative, Ukuvukelwa kwe-dandelion futhi futhi ngenoveli yakhe yemilingo ye-2016, Indlela ephakathi. Okwakamuva kakhulu, Izimpande zokumelana, uphakamisa leyo mizamo emibili edumile yangaphambilini ngezindlela eziningana, ngokumangalisa kakhulu, ukweluka okuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu kukaSun kwezakhi ezibaluleke kakhulu kepha ezivame kakhulu ze-arcane zethiyori kanye nokwenza kweqhinga lokungabi nodlame ngaphandle komthungo kusakhiwo esidonsela umfundi eceleni.

Ukudalulwa okugcwele: USun ungumngani nozakwethu emphakathini kazwelonke nakwamanye amazwe walabo abafundisayo, baqeqeshe futhi benze umkhankaso ongenalo udlame. Ngibukeze le misebenzi eshiwo ngenhla kahle futhi thina (abafundi bami nami) simlethele kabili ukuthi akhulume futhi aqeqeshe eyunivesithi yethu. Bengingumfundi wesandla wokuqala wengxenye yokuqala yale ncwadi. Kuzoba ngomunye wemibhalo edingekayo esifundweni sami sasehlobo, Amanoveli Wokuthula. Njengomunye wababhali bezinganekwane engibathandayo, uBarbara Kingsolver, uSun ubhala ngokuthokozisa futhi upakisha ukulandisa kwakhe ngezenzo zokuvula amehlo nezimpawu zokukhuluma kanye nalezo ziphetho ezilengiswe emaweni ezikwenza kungakwazi ukuyeka ukufunda.

Umfundi welulekwa ukuthi afunde isandulelo, Ukuvukelwa kwe-dandelion, uma kungenzeka, ngakho-ke zonke izinhlamvu nemiphumela yaleyo ndaba yaziwa ekuqaleni kwale ncwadi entsha. Indaba yale ncwadi ingema yodwa kepha kungani uzikhohlisa?

Lesi sakhiwo siqala ngemuva koDandelion Insurrection – uhlobo lwabantu olunamandla ngezindlela ezithile olufana nalolo olwaxosha uFerdinand Marcos ePhilippines ngo-1986 – selwehlise ngempumelelo umbuso owonakele nonodlame. Ngesikhathi kugujwa inqwaba yalokhu kunqoba, ukuhlaselwa kwe-drone okungadingekile kwabulala abaningi, kufaka phakathi omunye wabaholi abadala be-Dandelion Insurrection, umama womunye wabaholi abancane abancane. Ngemuva kwesikhathi sokulila, ngokungahambisani "nokuholwa" nguMongameli Wesikhashana, ubuholi be-Dandelion Insurrection abuboni lushintsho olusemthethweni emazingeni obuphofu, ukungcolisa izimboni ezithathayo, nokunye okubi komphakathi. Ukushintsha umholi oyedwa, bayabona, akwanele.

Njengoba behlela ukubhekana nalokhu ngokugcizelela ingxenye enkulu yemithetho yenhlangano ebhekelwe ukunciphisa kakhulu izinkinga ezithile zokucindezela, amabutho afihliwe ahlela ukucekela phansi inhlangano ngezindlela eziningi. Esifundweni ngasinye, iLanga libangela izinkinga nezisombululo, izinkinga zokujulisa, izimbambo zokudala ezingapheli. Ukukuqonda kwakhe okwenzeka ngempela kumphawulela ngokwenzeka ngempela.

Ngaphandle kokuhlukaniswa kwe-pedantic, i-Sun ifoka ngobuciko encazelweni yemibono yokungahlukumezeki ngamasu, okwenza inoveli ibe yithuluzi lokufundisa. Ezinye zezinselelo zemikhankaso yangempela yempilo akwenzayo ukuhlanganisa ukulandisa kwakhe zifaka, kepha azikhawulwanga kulokhu: Imithombo yezindaba esezingeni eliphakeme, ukuqasha, ukulandela amasu, ubugebengu bekhompiyutha, ubuhlalu obunobudlova, ukubumbana ngokuhlelekile, ukuhlehliswa kabusha kobulili lawula, izindaba eziyimbumbulu, ukulondolozwa kokuhamba phansi kwengcindezelo enesihluku, ama-ejenti provocateurs, ukugxambukela kwezothando, ukuhola okungenamkhawulo v, ubuholi bokuhlangana, ukwenza izinqumo, ukujeziswa okungekho emthethweni, ukubuyiselwa emuva kanye nokubonakala.

Uma ungowesilisa okhulele e-US ungahle ufise ukuyifunda le ncwadi ngasese ngakho-ke akekho ongabona izikhathi ongasondela ngazo ngokukhala kokucaca kukanembeza kanye nobuhlungu bezingcindezi ezixhumeke kakhulu empilweni yabaphikisi . Ilanga libanikeza izimpilo futhi izimpilo zabo zibe ezibalulekile, nemicimbi izulazula ngokushesha kangangokuba ngesinye isikhathi nje ungahlala uyifunda uyidlule isikhathi sakho sokulala.

Ngamahlaya ayo angaphansi ahlinzeka impumuzo ezihlokweni ezibucayi ze-aneurysm, singakwazi ukumomotheka noma ukuhleka kaninginingi. Isibonelo, bengiyithanda le ndima, sekwephuzile encwadini njengoba sesiyijwayele kakhulu abalingiswa abaningi, kufaka phakathi nesikole sonke sabaqalayo esiqeqeshwe kahle ekumelaneni nabangenabugovu futhi bacela usizo lwamaphoyisa endawo ukukhipha abamele abathathela ababi abanenkani:

Isikhulu samaphoyisa sabukela abafundi, othisha kanye nemindeni ngenkani, sakhala kakhulu. Wayemhlonipha u-Idah Robbins, kepha wavusa inkathazo ngobulungiswa njengelihhotela elithandayo ngemuva komsebenzi. Kwesinye isikhathi wayefisa ukuthi abe nokuzilibazisa okujwayelekile njengokukhonkotha noma imashi egijimayo.

Egcwaliswe njenge- “Book Two of the Dandelion Trilogy,” le ingenza ngibe nethemba lokuthi uSun uzoshaya iNcwadi Yesithathu kungekudala futhi mhlawumbe, njengoDouglas Adams, uzosinika, ngolunye usuku, i-Book Four ne-Five of the Trilogy.

~ ~ kubuyekezwe nguTom H. Hastings, Uprofesa Osiza Ngezivumelwano, ePortland State University.