Umbhali wase-Afrika waseMelika UColson Whitehead ngokusobala ilahla ukuthambekela kwakhe kokuhle, okukhulunywe ngakho emisebenzini yakamuva efana ne- Indawo yokuqala, ukuzicwilisa ngokuphelele endabeni ephathelene nenkululeko, ukusinda, unya lomuntu kanye nomzabalazo wokunqoba yonke imikhawulo.
Vele, umthwalo wabo bonke ababhali uhlala unesisindo. Ngakho-ke kulokhu incwadi Ujantshi ongaphansi komhlaba, UColson akakwazi ukubalekela isici esithile esimnandi esizungeze yonke into, noma kulokhu njengethuluzi lokwethula izwe elonakele, lapho wonke umuntu owenqatshwa yinoma isiphi isimo kufanele aphile khona.
Lo jantshi oshiwo ngenhla uyiphupho lakudala eligxiliswe emcabangweni wezigqila zezinsimu zikakotini zaseMelika, noma ngabe zihumushele enhlanganweni yezenhlalo eyayiqedile eyasiza ukukhulula izigqila eziningi ngemizila kanye "neziteshi" ezinjengamakhaya abantu. .
UCora ufuna, udinga ukufinyelela kuleso sitimela ukuze abalekele ukufa noma umsangano aholelwa kuwo ngokuhlukunyezwa nokululazwa.
Intokazi, intandane nesigqila. UCora uyazi ukuthi ikusasa lakhe liyiqiniso elimnyama, indlela ehlukumezayo engamholela kuphela njengesilwane esihlukumezekile ezandleni zenkosi ekhokha naye ngayo yonke inzondo yakhe.
Ngokunikwa lo mbono, izinganekwane kuphela ezingaba umbono wezwe elijabulayo. Kepha ngasikhathi sinye kungaba ukubambelela okuqinile uCora abambelela kukho ukuze aphile futhi abalekele konke okwaziwayo eqinisweni lalo elincishisiwe lobudlova nokwedelela.
UCora uqala uhambo olusuka esiteshini sokuqala sikaloliwe ongaphansi komhlaba, amise yonke indawo engaphansi komhlaba lapho engeke athole khona ubuntu, ngaphezu kwalabo abamamukela kahle nendawo yokuhlala. Kepha kusobala ukuthi lapho konke kuyihlazo, isampula elincane lalesosintu elikuvumela okungenani ukuthi uqhubeke nokuphila, liyakhanya njengethemba eliqhakazile elingaqhubeka likugcine uphila, okungenani umuntu onamandla angaphakathi eCora.
Okuhlupheka uCora, nalokho uCora angakufinyelela kuyinto ehambisa icebo futhi ehambisa umfundi, kulowo mdlalo wezithunzi nezinye izibani. Amagama ethemba, phakathi kokubi nefantasy, akha inoveli ephazamisayo futhi impela yabantu, lapho uCora efinyelela khona izinhliziyo zethu kusuka ekungcoleni okujwayelekile.
Ungathenga incwadi Ujantshi ongaphansi komhlaba, Inoveli entsha kaColson Whitehead, ekhishwa kaninginingi e-US, lapha:
Amazwana angu-2 ku-"The Underground Railroad, ka-Colson Whitehead"