Hoʻopilikia mau ʻia ka palapala i ka wā e pena ʻia ai ke kala. Ua hana ʻia ia i nā wā kaua ma ʻEulopa, no ka laʻana, a ua hana ʻia kekahi mea like ma ʻApelika i kēia lā, aia nō i nā ʻōlelo a waho, i nā kuʻikahi keu a me ka moekolohe ma waena o nā dictators a me nā democracies; i na kaua paakiki a poina; i nā wahi kūlohelohe weliweli. Aia ʻo ʻApelika i nā mea āpau no ka hoʻāla ʻana o nā lunamanaʻo mai ka moʻolelo o nā mea kākau i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ke kumu hoʻokahi o ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā mea maoli.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ʻApelika i loaʻa mai ka colonialism ʻEulopa i kāna mau kaumaha i paʻakikī ke hoʻokaʻawale. Mahalo i ka pōmaikaʻi o kēlā me kēia ma lalo o nā kuʻikahi hiki ʻole ke wehewehe. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Mia Couto iā mākou ma luna o nā mea a pau e pili ana iā Mozambique i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai kahi Pokukala i hoʻokumu wale i ka colonialism ma ka Moana Inia hou ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaha a hale hoʻokipa no nā ʻoihana o nā ʻano āpau. ʻO ka wā i hala a me kēia manawa e like me kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe...
A ʻae, e like me ka mea ʻē aʻe e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, he nui ka hana o ka moʻolelo i kēia kahua o ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo i kanu ʻia, ʻoluʻolu ʻole a me ka lacerating ʻoiaʻiʻo. No ka mea mai ka moʻolelo o ka lā hiki iā mākou ke ʻoi aku ka manaʻo nui ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi a i ʻole ka nūpepa. Ma muli o ka pahū ʻana o ka ʻike a me kona ʻike nui ʻana i ka ʻike i hoʻopau mau ʻia i kona wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻOiaʻiʻo makemake nā mea kākau mia coto Pono lākou no ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona maoli i kūkulu ʻia mai kahi manaʻo mōʻaukala artificial. I kona hihia, ʻo Mozambique ka paradigm, ʻoiai ʻo ʻApelika paha ka hoʻonui ʻana i kahi synecdoche existential, moʻomeheu a colonial āna i kuhikuhi ai. ʻO Chinua Achebe.
ʻO nā moʻolelo kiʻekiʻe 3 i manaʻo ʻia e Mia Couto
ʻO ka Mapper ʻAʻole
Ua hoʻi ʻo Diogo Santiago, he kanaka naʻauao Mozambique hanohano, ma hope o nā makahiki o ka haʻalele ʻana i Beira, kona ʻāina hānau, no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoʻokupu. Ma laila ʻo ia e hui ai me Liana Campos, he wahine hoʻokalakupua a pohihihi āna i ʻike ai i kahi wā i hala ʻole e wehe ʻia.
Ma ke kaʻina hana, hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Diogo i ka huakaʻi āna i hana ai me kona makuakāne i Inhaminga, kahi ʻāina i noho ʻia e nā pūʻali colonial Pukiki, i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi hoahānau i nalowale, a ʻo ka hōʻailona o kona hālāwai mua ʻana me ka pōʻino a me ke kaua e waiho iā ia. ʻO nā mea hoʻomanaʻo e alakaʻi iā ia e wehewehe i ke kiʻi o kona makuakāne, he haku mele, he wahine wahine akā piha i ka kūpaʻa a me ka wiwo ʻole; ʻo kona makuahine, i hoʻopiha ʻia e nā pauku o kāna kāne, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe o ka wā kamaliʻi e kōkua iā ia e hoʻomālamalama i kāna mau enigmas.
Me ka manaʻo ʻole, e kākoʻo ʻo Diogo iā Liana i kāna ʻimi e ʻike i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo o kāna moʻolelo, e hoʻomaka ana me ka hāʻule ʻana o kahi wahine i loko o ka hakahaka mai luna o kahi hale. E hele pū ana me lākou ma ke ʻano he ʻano ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hiki ʻana mai o kahi ʻino e hoʻopau i ka lulu ʻana i ke kumu o ka wā i hala o lāua.
Honua moe
Ua piʻi nui ke kaua kīwila ma Mozambique i nā makahiki kanawalu a ua holo ka poʻe i ko lākou mau home. ʻO Elder Tuahir mo Muidinga, ko ha tamasiʻi naʻe fakamoʻui mei he lua ʻa ia naʻá ne tanu ai, naʻá ne kumi ha maluʻi ʻi ha pasi naʻe ʻauha. Ma waena o nā hopena pilikino o kekahi o nā mea kaʻa i make, ʻike lākou i kekahi mau puke e haʻi ana i kona ola. Ke heluhelu nei ʻo Muidinga iā lākou, ʻike ʻia kēlā moʻolelo a me kāna moʻolelo ponoʻī a holo i waena o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka moeʻuhane.
Trilogy Mozambique
ʻO kēia, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ka moʻolelo o ka makemake a me ka hāʻule ʻana o Emperor Ngungunyane, ke aliʻi o ka mokuʻāina o Gaza, ma Mozambique. ʻO ia hoʻi ka moʻolelo o Imani, he wahine ʻōpio mai ka lāhui ʻo Vachopi i hānau ʻia i ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāiwa, ke kaikamahine a ka lehu o kona mau kaikuahine a me kahi ʻohana o nā koa Nguni.
I ka wā i hoʻouka ʻia ai nā ʻāina ʻo Vachopi e Emperor Ngungunyane, ua hui pū kona poʻe kamaʻāina iā lākou iho me ka mōʻī Pukiki a ua lilo kēia ʻāina i kolone hou o Goroa. A ʻo kēia hoʻi ka moʻolelo o ka lawe pio ʻia ʻana o Sergeant Germano de Melo, he koa repubalika nāna e hoʻolilo iā Imani i mea unuhi ʻōlelo, a ʻo kona aloha e hoʻonāukiuki i kahi hakakā diplomatic, politika a me nā ʻohana: e pau ana ka mokuʻāina o Gaza i ka makahiki 1895 e ka Pukiki, e hoʻoneʻe ʻia kona mōʻī i Azores a ua ʻōlelo ka moʻolelo he pahu wale nō i piha i ke one i koe a me kona aupuni.
