ʻO nā moʻolelo, a makemake wau e manaʻoʻiʻo lākou nō, he ala kupaianaha e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻohana, e hoʻokomo i ka poʻe liʻiliʻi i nā manaʻoʻiʻo, nā kaʻao, nā waiwai a me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe o nā ʻano āpau e pili ana i kahi kaiāulu, ka ʻāina, ʻāina a ʻĀinapuni ʻole paha.
He ʻāina ʻokoʻa ʻo ʻApelika akā hoʻokahi nō e hoʻokumu i kahi manaʻo o nā hui o nā ʻohana i kāna 30 miliona km2. ʻO kahi mea nui a hiki i kēia lā, mau nō lākou
ʻIke ʻia nā hui lāhui, nā ʻohana, a me nā kaiāulu kūpuna mai ke Komohana ma ke ʻano he hui archaic, nā kumu o nā hakakā kūloko. Akā, i ka hohonu, e kālailai ʻana i kā mākou "honua mua" ʻaʻole anei mākou i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻole i ko mākou manaʻo hou a me kā mākou kaulike pālua?
I kekahi manawa hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo pono i nā waiwai like ʻole o kēia mau kaiāulu he hewa, akā ʻo ke kuhi he mea nui ia e ʻike ʻia aia mau nō lākou. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻoʻiʻo hiki iā mākou ke kuhikuhi a alakaʻi i nā ʻohana o kēlā me kēia ʻano i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻia i kā mākou mau kaiāulu i ʻānai ʻia a aneane i nā waiwai āpau.
Akā ke kia ʻana ma luna o kēia puke na Nelson Mandela, pīhoihoi ka waiho ʻana i nā moʻolelo, nā kaʻao a me nā huakaʻi ʻeleʻele i ka keʻokeʻo me ka manaʻo e leʻaleʻa akā no ka waiwai o nā manaʻo o kēlā me kēia lāhui, i haku ʻia no kā lākou papa a me ke ola.
He puke piha i nā kaʻao a me ka pono no nā keiki a me ke ʻano o nā manaʻo mamao loa e like me ka waiwai o nā mākua.
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo o ka puke: Hōʻiliʻili ʻo Nelson Mandela i kēia moʻolelo haku mele no nā moʻolelo nani a maikaʻi loa hoʻi o ʻApelika. He hōʻiliʻili ia e hāʻawi nei i ka pūʻulu o nā moʻolelo aloha, nā mea liʻiliʻi o ka waiwai nui o ʻApelika, a ma nā hihia he nui hoʻi no ke kiʻi a lākou e hana ai i nā kānaka, nā holoholona a me nā mea maikaʻi.
"Aia ka hare," e nānā ana ʻo Mandela i ka prologue, "kahi urchin akamai loa; ka hyena, ʻo ia ka mea nalo o nā moʻolelo āpau; ka liona, ke aliʻi o nā holoholona, a me ka mea nāna lākou e hāʻawi aku i nā makana; ka nahesa, nāna e hoʻoulu i ka makaʻu a ma ka manawa like ka hōʻailona o ka mana hoʻōla; aia kekahi mau kilokilo hiki ke lawe mai i ka pōʻino a hāʻawi i ke kūʻokoʻa ... ».
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke ʻO kaʻu mau moʻolelo ʻApelika, ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Nelson Mandela, ma aneʻi: