Mabhuku anogara akanyanya kukanganiswa kana vakapenda zvakakasharara. Kwakaitika munguva dzehondo muEurope, somuenzaniso, uye chimwe chinhu chakafanana chinoitika muAfrica nhasi, chichiri pasi pezvisungo zvokunze, kuzvibvumirano zvakanyanyisa uye zvounzenza pakati pavadzvinyiriri namademocracy; kuhondo dzisingaperi uye dzakakanganikwa; kunzvimbo dzakasikwa dzakatyisidzirwa. Africa ine zvese zvekumutsa kwakakosha kwehana kubva munhau yevanyori vakatsaurirwa kune chikonzero chega chekufambiswa kwechokwadi.
Chokwadi, Africa inokonzerwa neEuropean colonialism ine mitoro yayo yakaoma kupatsanura. Kutenda kune izvo mumwe nemumwe anobatsirikana pasi pezvibvumirano zvisingatsananguriki. Mia Couto anotiudza pamusoro pezvese nezve Mozambique yakavharirwa kubva kuPortugal iyo yakangosimbisa colonialism muIndia Ocean nyowani senzvimbo yekumira uye yevaeni yemabhizinesi emarudzi ese. Zvakapfuura uye zvazvino senge chiitiko chinoshamisa...
Uye hongu, sezvinoshamisa sezvazvingaite senge, ngano ine basa rakawanda rekuita mundima iyi yekusvika yakavigwa, isingagadzikane uye kunyangwe inoparadza chokwadi. Nekuti kubva munhau yezuva ranhasi isu tinokwanisa kunzwira tsitsi zvakanyanya kupfuura kubva kune zvisingaperi kana zvenhau. Zvichave zvichikonzerwa nekubhomba kweruzivo uye kuratidzwa kwayo zvakanyanya kune ruzivo rwunogara ruchidzimwa mune ramangwana rayo rinotyisa.
Chokwadi vanyori vanoda mia couto Iwo anodiwa kune nzira yezviitiko chaizvo zvakavakwa kubva kune yekufungidzira nhoroondo yekufungidzira. Muchiitiko chake, Mozambique ndiyo paradigm, nepo Africa inogona kunge iri kuwedzera kweiyo iripo, yetsika uye yekoloni synecdoche yaakange atonongedza. Chinua Achebe.
Epamusoro 3 anokurudzirwa manovhero naMia Couto
The Kusavapo Mepu
Diogo Santiago, nyanzvi yeMozambique ine mukurumbira, anodzoka mushure memakore asingaendi kuBeira, guta rekumusha kwake, kuti agamuchire mutero. Ikoko anosangana naLiana Campos, mukadzi ane magineti uye asinganzwisisike waanogovana naye zvakapfuura zvisati zvavhurwa.
Mukuita kudaro, Diogo anoyeuka rwendo rwaakaita nababa vake kuInhaminga, ndima yaigara mauto echiPutukezi echikoloni, achitsvaka hama yakashaika, uye chiratidzo chokuti kusangana kwake kwokutanga nenhamo nehondo zvaizosiya paari. Ndangariro dzichamutungamirira kuti ataure mufananidzo wababa vake, mudetembi, mukadzi asi azere nekuvimbika uye ushingi; iyo yaamai vake, yakazarurwa nemavhesi emurume wake, uye emamwe mavara ehudiki ayo anozomubatsira kujekesa ake ega ega.
Nekusaziva, Diogo achatsigira Liana mukutsvaga kwake kutsvaga chokwadi chenyaya yake, iyo inotanga nemukadzi achiwira munzvimbo isina chinhu kubva pamusoro pechivako. Kuvaperekedza seumwe hunhu, kuvepo kwedutu kunozopedzisa kuzunguza nheyo dzekare dzevaviri.
Kurara pasi
Hondo yevagari vemunyika yakawedzera kuMozambique mumakore makumi masere uye vanhu vakatiza misha yavo. Elder Tuahir naMuidinga, mukomana akanunurwa kubva mugomba raaizovigwa, vanotsvaka pokuvanda mubhazi rakanga ratsva. Pakati pezvinoitika zvemumwe wevafi vakafa, vanowana mamwe mabhuku anorondedzera hupenyu hwake. Muidinga paanovaverenga, nyaya iyoyo neyake inoita seichaenderera mberi ichitevedzana uye ichimhanya pakati pechokwadi nechiroto.
Mozambican Trilogy
Iyi, pakati pezvimwe, inyaya yeshuviro nekuparara kwaMambo Ngungunyane, changamire weNyika yeGaza, kuMozambique. Inyaya zvakare yaImani, mukadzi wechidiki werudzi rweVachopi akazvarwa pakati pezana ramakore rechigumi nepfumbamwe, mwanasikana wemadota ehanzvadzi dzake nemhuri yemasoja eNguni.
Pakapindirwa nyika dzeVachopi naMambo Ngungunyane, vagari vayo vakabatana neumambo hwechiPutukezi uye nzvimbo iyi yakava nyika itsva yeGoroa. Uye iyi zvakare nyaya yekutapwa kwaSergeant Germano de Melo, murwi weRepublican uyo achaita Imani muturikiri wake, uye rudo rwake ruchamutsa mhirizhonga, zvematongerwo enyika nemadzinza: Nyika yeGaza ichaguma yakundwa muna 1895. Chiputukezi, mambo waro achaendeswa kuAzores uye ngano ine kuti bhokisi rakazara jecha rakasara kwaari neumambo hwake.
