Uphawu lwe-Chameleon e-Afrika

CHAMELEON

Lesi sibalo sibonisa isidalwa esivezwe abantu base-Afo, abahlobene nesizwe samaYoruba saseNigeria. Sibona lapha unwabu ehamba ngokucophelela onqenqemeni ngaphandle kokuzilimaza.

Ama-Afrika ayevame ukuhlobanisa ama-chameleon nokuhlakanipha. ENingizimu Afrika, onwabu babebizwa ngokuthi "hamba ngokucophelela egoli," futhi ngolimi lwesiZulu, igama lonwabu lisho "inkosi yokunensa." Kwenye yezinganekwane zase-Afrika, kuthiwa unkulunkulu umdali, ngemva kokudala umuntu, wathumela inwele emhlabeni ukuba litshele abantu ukuthi ngemva kokufa bayobuyela ekuphileni okungcono kunasemhlabeni. Kodwa njengoba unwabu lwaluyisidalwa esinensa kakhulu, uNkulunkulu wathumela, uma kwenzeka, nonogwaja. Ngokushesha unogwaja wagijima, engafuni ukulalela konke kuze kube sekupheleni, futhi yonke indawo waqala ukusakaza isigijimi sokuthi abantu kuzodingeka bafe phakade. Unwabu lwathatha isikhathi eside ukufinyelela kubantu - ngaleso sikhathi kwase kwephuze kakhulu ukulungisa iphutha likanogwaja. Ukuziphatha kwendaba ukuthi ukuxhamazela kungaholela ekungajabulini ngaso sonke isikhathi.

I-chameleon yenza samuntu ikhono lokuzivumelanisa nazo zonke izinguquko emvelweni, njengoba lesi sidalwa sishintsha kalula umbala wayo kuye ngombala wendawo. Ezinye zezizwe ezihlala eZaire yesimanje zikholelwa ukuthi abantu bazo bayinzalo yoLwameleon Oluhlakaniphile. Abanye abantu base-Afrika babona unwabu njengonkulunkulu onamandla onke ongavela ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene.

Umthombo: "Izimpawu zase-Afrika" ​​Heike Ovuzu