NguMoé Yonamine
Kusukela Amaphupho ajwayelekile, Disemba 12, 2018
"Ungakhali lapha," unogogo wase-Okinawan oneminyaka engu-86 engangakaze ngihlangane naye wangitshela. Waye eceleni kwami wathatha isandla sami. Ngangivakashele umndeni wami e-Okinawa ngezingane zami ezine ngasekuqaleni kuka-Agasti futhi ngiye eHenoko, esifundeni esisenyakatho-mpumalanga esiqhingini sethu esiyinhloko, ukujoyina ukuphikisana nokufuduka kwezempi yase-US e-US Marine Corps Air Station evela e-Futenma, maphakathi nesifunda sasezindaweni zasemadolobheni, ukuya eCamp Schwab, esifundeni esingasogwini. Indodakazi yami yentsha, uKayya, kanye nami sasichitha usuku nosuku lwabadala abanezibonakaliso zokuvotela phambi kwamasango eKamp Schwab. Imigqa nemigqa engaphezu kwama-400 amaloli adonsela amadwala amakhulu adlulisiwe, alungele ukuchaza indawo yolwandle kwisisekelo esisha, esilingana nobukhulu bezinkundla zebhola le-383. Imvelo yethu enhle, eshisayo nayo yonke imvelo yayo eyamemezela futhi ivikelekile yayizoshaqeka maduzane, ibhubhise ama-coral kanye nempilo yasolwandle. Lokhu, naphezu kokuphikisana okukhulu kwabantu base-Indigen island. Ngaqala ukukhala njengoba ngibambe uphawu lwami lokubhikisha.
"Ugogo uzokhala lapho ngifika ekhaya kulobubusuku ngakho ngizokhala nawe," esho ngokushaya isandla sami. "Lapha, silwa ndawonye." Sasibukela njengoba amaloli egeleza esangweni lensiza lapho amaphoyisa aseJapane asisicindezele khona ngaphambili. Ngezinyembezi emehlweni akhe wathi, "Akumangalisi uma sonke sigijima phambi kwawo wonke amaloli, ngoba yilona olwandle lwethu. Lesi yisiqhingi sethu. "
Sekudlule izinyanga ezine kusukela ngijoyina abadala base-Okinawan ekhaya futhi abaningi baye baqhubeka behlala phansi njalo ngesonto - abanye, nsuku zonke - naphezu kokuba basuswe ngamandla amaphoyisa aseJapan. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, izikhonkwane zekhonkri kanye nemigoqo yensimbi ziye zaphonswa olwandle phezulu kwe-coral ukuze zichazwe lapho izisekelo zizokwakhiwa khona. UMbusi uTakeshi Onaga, owayephumelele ukuvimbela ukwakhiwa kwesisekelo, wafa ngomdlavuza ngo-Agasti kanti abantu base-Okinawan bakhethe umbusi omusha, uDenny Tamaki, ngobuningi kakhulu - ngesithembiso sakhe sokuthi uzoyeka ukubhujiswa kukaHenoko. Ngaphezu kwama-Okinawans e-75,000 aboniswe emibhikishweni ephakathi kwesiqhingi ngesikhathi sezulu esivunguvungu ukukhombisa izwe ukuthi siphikisa kangakanani lesi sakhiwo sisekelo. Noma kunjalo, uhulumeni waseJapane ophakathi wamemezela ukuthi ngoDisemba 13th (UST) - loLwesine - bazophinde baqale ukuthuthwa komhlaba ngehlabathi nangokhonkolo. Iziphathimandla zithi ukukwakha isisekelo esisha se-Henoko kuyadingeka ukuze kugcinwe ukubambisana kwe-US-Japan; futhi abaholi bakahulumeni base-US basebenzisa indawo yokugcina yokuphepha kwesifunda.
Ukwakhiwa kwesisekelo se-Henoko kuhlanganiswa nomlando wokukoloni nokucwasana kwabantu base-Okinawa, kanye nokuphikiswa kwethu okuqhubekayo njengoba sizama ukuqeda isikhathi eside se-US. U-Okinawa wayengumbuso ozimele; yahlanganiswa yiJapane ekhulwini le-17th kanti phakathi neMpi Yezwe II yaba yisisulu sempi ebomvu emlandweni wePacific, lapho abantu abangaphezu kwengxenye yabantu abathathu babulawa phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu, kubandakanya amalungu omndeni wami. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesithupha ama-Okinawans ashiywe bengenamakhaya.
I-United States yabe isithatha indawo kubantu base-Okinawan, yakha izizinda zasempi, futhi yabeka umthethosisekelo omusha eJapane owawususa ilungelo laseJapan lokuba nesosha elihlaselayo. Kusukela manje, isosha lase-US "lizovikela" iJapane ngamasisekelo kulo lonke elaseJapane. Kodwa-ke, izingxenye ezintathu zazo zonke izinsizakalo zase-US ezindaweni zaseJapan zise-Okinawa, yize noma i-Okinawa yenza amaphesenti angu-0.6 kuphela wezwe lonke elawula ukuphathwa kweJapane. Isiqhingi esiyinhloko sase-Okinawa yedwa kuphela ngamamayela angu-62 ubude, futhi singamamitha angu-1 ububanzi obubanzi. Kulapha ukuthi iminyaka eyi-73 yase-US isebenze ngokudala ukubhujiswa kwemvelo, ukungcoliswa komoya nokungcola komsindo, kanye nabasindile kanye nemindeni evelele emibonweni nemisindo yempi. Ubugebengu obuvame ukuhlukumeza abesilisa nabantwana ngamasosha ase-US njalo baveza amakhulu ezinkulungwane zababhikishi ukuthi bafune ubulungiswa kanye nesintu kanye nokususwa okuphelele kwezisekelo zase-US.
Futhi umsebenzi uyaqhubeka. Manje, uhulumeni ophakathi waseJapane uqinisa ukwakhiwa kwesinye esinye isisekelo - lesi esisolwandle ngokwayo, esifundeni saseHenoko sase-Okinawa. Lesi sahluko esisha ekuhlaselweni okuqhubekayo kwe-Okinawa akungahloniphi ubukhosi, ukuzimisela kanye namalungelo abantu okuqinisekiswe yizinqumo zeZizwe Ezihlangene. Abantu base-Okinawan bavote kakhulu ukuphikisana nokwakhiwa kwesisekelo - iminyaka engaphezulu kwe-20, kusukela isisekelo saqala ukuhlongozwa.
Indawo yokudoba yaseHenoko isesibili kuphela kwi-Great Barrier Reef ezinhlobonhlobo zemvelo. Ngaphezu kwezinhlobo ze-5,300 zihlala e-Oura Bay, kufaka phakathi izinhlobo ze-262 ezinobungozi ezifana ne-dolgin-like dugong nama-sea turtles. Kakade kuleli sonto, i-Ryukyu Shimpo ibike ukuthi ama-dugong amabili ahloliwe alahlekile, ngokubikezela ukuthi izinga lomsindo lokwakha selivimbele kakade amandla abo okudla emibhedeni yemifino yasolwandle.
Ngami, umzabalazo weHenoko ukhuluma ngokuhlonipha abantu bami nokuthi kukhona ilungelo lethu lokuvikela umhlaba wethu. Ngithola ugqozi lokubhikisha kwabafundi base-Australia ukuba ngimise inkampani yamalahle ka-Adani ekwakheni izimayini zamalahle aseQueensland, nokunyakaza kwabantu bakaKanaka Maoli ukuvimbela ukubhujiswa kwamaMauna Kea eHawai'i nge-telescope ye-18. I-Okinawa yikhaya lami, ikhaya lami. Ukulibhubhisa akunakulinganiswa.
Yiqiniso, okwenzekayo e-Okinawa akuyona intukuthelo yangasese. I-United States inezingxenye ezingaphezu kwezinguquko ze-800 ezingaphezu kwamazwe we-70 kuwo wonke umhlaba. Futhi ngayinye yalezi zindawo zikhona, noma zazikhona, izindlu zabantu - njengabantu bami e-Okinawa. Ukubhujiswa kukaHenoko kuyingxenye yezinyathelo ezinkulu ze-imperialist zase-United States ezinkulu. Kwenzekani ezindabeni zase-Okinawa kubantu bomdabu yonke indawo. Kwenzekani ezindabeni zase-Okinawa ubukhosi bulwa yonke indawo. Kwenzekani ezindabeni zase-Okinawa zezinto eziphilayo ezinobuthakathaka yonke indawo.
Njengoba ngibhala, ngithola imibiko esuka e-Okinawa ememezela ukufika kwemikhumbi eminingi ethwele isihlabathi kanye nokhonkolo okulungele ukuthululela uhlaka lwe-hectare ye-205. Njengoba sekusele izinsuku ezine kuphela ngaphambi kokubhujiswa kwezinto eziphilayo ezingenakuphika, omunye u-Okinawan wase-American activist futhi ngakha umkhankaso we-hashtag okufuna ukumiswa kwesakhiwo esiseHenoko: #standwithokinawa.
Sicela uthumele umlayezo wakho wokubambisana, ucele abameleli bakho ukuba bahlanganyele ekuvikeleni uHenoko, futhi baxhumane nezinhlangano kanye nezivumelwano ukuze basize silwe namalungelo ethu njenge-Okinawan people. Ngaphezu kwalokho, hlela imizamo yamazwe ngamazwe okuqinisa ukuphuthuma kokumisa ukwakhiwa kwesisekelo. Bhalisela uMongameli Trump ocela ukuthi i-United States imise ukuthuthwa kwe-Henoko https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-landfill-henoko-oura-bay-until-referendum-can-be-held-okinawa.
Ngamazwi omunye u-auntie ehlala kuleli lihlobo elidlule, "Akukaze kube uhulumeni noma osombusazwe abaye bamisa lokhu kwakhiwa kwe-heliport kule minyaka emihlanu edlule. Kuye kwaba ngabantu abavamile; amavolontiya, asebekhulile kanye nabantu abakhathalela nje ngo-Okinawa. Futhi lokho kuzoba ngubani oshintsha lokhu manje. Abantu abajwayelekile, abaningi, abaningi bethu ndawonye. "Sidinga umhlaba nathi. Hlala ne-Okinawa.
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Moé Yonamine (yonaminemoe@gmail.com) ufundisa eRoosevelt High School ePortland, Oregon, futhi ungumhleli we Izikole ezicubungulayo umagazini. I-Yonamine iyingxenye yenethiwekhi ye Uhlelo lwezemfundo lweZinn othisha bethuthukisa imfundo yomlando wabantu bokuqala. Ungumbhali we "TYena Okunye Okungaphakathi: Ukufundisa Indaba Efihlekile YaseJalimane YaseLatin America Ngesikhathi se-WWII, ""'I-ANPO: I-Art X War': Ifilimu inqoba ukusebenza kwe-Japan, "Ukubuyekezwa kwefilimu nemisebenzi yokufundisa ye-" ANPO: I-Art X War, "idokhumenti ngokumelene nokubonakala kwezempi zase-Japan eJapane, futhi"Uchinaaguchi: Ulimi lwenhliziyo yami. "
