Ufulu wolemba mchilankhulo chanu

Sabata yapitayo idagwera mmanja mwanga Dulani malingaliro, nkhani yomwe imabweretsa pamodzi zokambirana zinayi za Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Woganiza kwambiri ku Kenya komanso wofuna kusankha nawo mphotho ya Nobel chaka chino mu Zolemba. Buku lomwe limasanthula zovuta za chikhalidwe komanso, makamaka, za zolembedwa ndi mayiko ena kuchokera kumidzi yake: ya atsamunda omwe m'mbiri yonse yakhala akutsogolera kufafaniza chilankhulo cha mafuko ochepa.

Dziko, UN ndi mabungwe amalankhula za ufulu wachibadwidwe, koma sitiganiza kawirikawiri ufulu wolemba nawonso mchilankhulo chake.

Chikhalidwe chogwidwa

Mu kiseera ekyatibwa Congress of African Writers of English Expression ekyayitiddwa e Makerere University (Uganda) mu 1962, kwali embaga wakati wa balembi abalala aba mu Afrika. Komabe, ambiri adaphonya Mtanzania Shabaan Robert, wolemba ndakatulo wofunikira kwambiri ku Africa panthawi imeneyo. Ndipo bwanji sunapezekeko? Chifukwa Robert sanalembe Chingerezi, koma m'Chiswahili chokha, chifukwa chake sanali woyenera kutenga nawo mbali pamsonkhano wotere.

Mwambowu udawunikidwapo kangapo pamisonkhano ya a Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, yemwe atasindikiza mabuku angapo achingerezi chifukwa chaluso lomwe lidamulola kuti ayambe kuyanjana ku Kenya, adaganiza zoyimirira ndikulemba mwa amayi ake okha lilime, the gikuyu. Kulimba mtima komwe kumatsala pang'ono kumuwononga moyo wake ndikumupangitsa kuti apite ku ukapolo ku United States posakhalitsa.

Zitsanzo ziwiri mwazambiri zakusokonekera kwa anthu ambiri, pankhani iyi maiko achi English kapena achifalansa omwe adalamulira Asia, Africa ndi Latin America kwazaka zambiri, apondereza miyambo ingapo yaying'ono. Choyamba, kuwakopa za kupanda pake kwa magule awo, nyimbo zawo, ndi ndakatulo zawo; kenako, kuwakakamiza kuti atembenuzire mitu yawo kuchikhalidwe chatsopano chomwe sakanakwanitsa kuphatikiza. Ndipo panthawiyi, koko, mafuta kapena diamondi zinali kutuluka pakhomo lakumbuyo.

Sinthani kapena kanizani

Komabe, nthawi yomweyo, pamakhala mkangano waukulu pomwe malingaliro ndi ambiri: ena, monga waku Nigeria a Chenua Achebe, adagwiritsa ntchito msonkhano womwe watchulidwa kale kuti awonetsetse kuti ngati atapatsidwa malowa kuti azigwiritsa ntchito Chingerezi kufikira misa, ndimatha kugwiritsa ntchito. Komanso, olemba ena ambiri akupitilizabe kukhulupirira kuti chofunikira ndizomwe zili, ndipo bola zikangokhala ndi kufalikira kwakukulu mchilankhulo chokwanira chikhala chokwanira, chifukwa wolemba alibe chidwi ndi mawuwo, koma zomwe akunena. Komanso, a Thiong'o omwe atchulidwawa akutonthoza Chingerezi ngati njira yothetsera ulamuliro wakunja m'mitundu yaying'ono ngati yake. Mitundu yamitundu yomwe chilankhulo chawo chimakhala ndi mayimbidwe, mayimbidwe ndi mawu omwe ndi ovuta kutanthauzira mchilankhulo china.

Masiku angapo apitawo ndimanena lmpaka zolemba ngati chida chothandizira kusintha dziko. Ndipo chowonadi ndichakuti chingakhale chimodzi mwazothandiza koposa zonse. Komabe, gawo lina la odyssey kuti libwezeretse mabala adziko lapansi lingathenso kulola zikhalidwe zonse kuti zizidziwonetsera m'malo mongowapusitsa ndi malingaliro omwe samaloza vuto lenileni.

Anthu ambiri, makamaka omenyera ufulu wawo, pakadali pano ndi omwe ali ndi udindo wolimbikitsa ufulu wolemba m'zilankhulo zamitundu yosiyanasiyana. ochepa pofuna kusunga chikhalidwe chawo, ndi zitsanzo monga pulogalamu yophunzira yaposachedwa ku Kurdish yovomerezedwa ndi University of Kurdistan, ku Iran, kapena kukwezedwa kwa Kichwa ngati chilankhulo chachiwiri, Quechua zingapo zidapatsanso mphamvu ku Ecuador ndi bungwe la CONAIE.

Komabe, sindikufuna kutha popanda funso: kodi zingakhale bwino kulola kutukuka kwa zilankhulo zonse m'malo mofuna kuzisintha kuti zikhale chilankhulo chomwe chingawaloleze kufalikira kwakukulu?

Ndipo samalani, mawu oti "kukonda dziko lako" sanawonekere pamzera uliwonse.