Uncwadi luhlala lusengozini ngakumbi xa lupeyinta rhabaxa. Kwenzekile ngamaxesha emfazwe eYurophu, umzekelo, kwaye kwenzeka into efanayo eAfrika namhlanje, isaxhomekeke kwimiyalelo yangaphandle, kwizivumelwano ezibaxayo nezokuziphatha okubi phakathi koozwilakhe kunye nedemokhrasi; kwiimfazwe eziye zalityalwa; kwiindawo zendalo ezisengozini. I-Afrika inayo yonke into yokuvuswa kwezazela eziyimfuneko kwibali lababhali abazinikezele kwisizathu esisodwa sokuhanjiswa kwezinto zokwenene.
Kakade ke, iAfrika ephuma kubukoloniyali baseYurophu inemithwalo yayo ekunzima ukuyohlula. Enkosi apho omnye nomnye azuza phantsi kobudlelwane obungaqondakaliyo. UMia Couto usixelela ngaphezu kwayo yonke into malunga neMozambique ekhutshiweyo ePortugal eyaseka kuphela ubukoloniyali kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya olutsha njengendawo yokumisa kunye neyokulala kumashishini azo zonke iintlobo. Ixesha elidlulileyo nelikhoyo njengemeko engaqhelekanga...
Kwaye ewe, nangona kubonakala kungaqhelekanga, intsomi inomsebenzi omninzi wokwenza kule ntsimi yokusondela ekungcwatyweni, ukungakhululeki kunye neenyaniso ezibuhlungu. Kuba ukusuka kwibali lemini siyakwazi ukuba novelwano olukhulu kunoluvela kwizifo ezingapheliyo okanye zobuntatheli. Kuya kuba ngenxa yokudutyulwa kolwazi kunye nokuchazwa kwayo ngokugqithisileyo kulwazi oluhlala lucinywa kwikamva lalo elixakekileyo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo ababhali bayathanda mna couto Ziyimfuneko kwindlela yokujongana neemeko zokwenyani ezakhiwe kwingcamango yembali eyenziweyo. Kwimeko yakhe, iMozambique i-paradigm, ngelixa i-Afrika ingaba nokwandiswa kwe-synecdoche ekhoyo, yenkcubeko kunye ne-colonial esele ikhombe kuyo. UChinua Achebe.
Top 3 iinoveli ezicetyiswayo ngu Mia Couto
Imephu yokungabikho
UDiogo Santiago, ingcaphephe edumileyo yaseMozambique, ubuyela emva kweminyaka engekho eBeira, idolophu yakowabo, ukuya kufumana imbeko. Apho udibana noLiana Campos, umfazi ongumagnetic kunye nongaqondakaliyo awabelana naye ngexesha elidlulileyo elisaza kutyhilwa.
Kule nkqubo, uDiogo ukhumbula uhambo awalwenzayo noyise ukuya e-Inhaminga, intsimi ehlala imikhosi yamakoloniyali yamaPhuthukezi, efuna isihlobo esilahlekileyo, kunye nophawu lokuba okokuqala ukudibana kwakhe nosizi kunye nemfazwe kuya kushiya kuye. Iinkumbulo ziya kumkhokelela ekuchazeni umfanekiso kayise, imbongi, umfazi othanda abafazi kodwa ozele ukunyaniseka nesibindi; ekanina, engene kwiivesi zomyeni wakhe, kunye nezabanye abalinganiswa basebuntwaneni eziya kumnceda akhanyisele ezakhe iintsomi.
Ngokungahloniphiyo, uDiogo uya kuxhasa uLiana ekufuneni kwakhe ukufumana iinyani zebali lakhe, eliqala ngowesifazane owela kwisithuba esivela phezulu kwesakhiwo. Ukubakhapha njengomlinganiswa omnye, ubukho obusondeleyo benkanyamba buya kugqiba ukugungqisa iziseko zexesha elidlulileyo labo bobabini.
Umhlaba wokulala
Imfazwe yobukhaya iye yaqatsela eMozambique kwiminyaka yamashumi asibhozo kwaye abantu bawabaleka amakhaya abo. Umdala uTuahir noMuidinga, inkwenkwe eyahlangulwa emhadini apho yayiza kungcwatyelwa khona, bafuna ikhusi kwibhasi etshileyo. Phakathi kweziphumo zobuqu zomnye wabakhweli abaswelekileyo, bafumana iincwadi zamanqaku ezibalisa ngobomi bakhe. Njengoko uMuidinga ewafunda, elo bali nelakhe libonakala ngathi lisombuluka ngaxeshanye kwaye libaleka phakathi kokwenyani kunye nephupha.
Mozambique Trilogy
Eli, phakathi kwezinye, libali lamabhongo kunye nokuwa kuka-Emperor Ngungunyane, umlawuli weLizwe laseGaza, eMozambique. Ikwalibali lika-Imani, intombazana yesizwe samaVachopi eyazalwa phakathi kwinkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba, intombi yothuthu loodade wabo kunye nosapho lwamajoni angamaNguni.
Xa imihlaba yeVachopi ihlaselwa nguMlawuli uNgungunyane, abemi bayo bazimanya nobukhosi bamaPhuthukezi kwaye lo mmandla waba yikoloni entsha yaseGoroa. Kwaye eli libali lokugxothwa kukaSergeant Germano de Melo, ijoni leriphabliki eliya kwenza u-Imani itoliki yakhe, kwaye uthando lwakhe luya kuxhokonxa ungquzulwano lwezopolitiko, ezopolitiko kunye nezizwe: i-State of Gaza iya kugqitywa ngo-1895. IsiPhuthukezi, ukumkani wayo uya kugxothwa eAzores kwaye intsomi ithi kuphela ibhokisi ezele intlabathi eseleyo kuye kunye nobukumkani bakhe.
