Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngobunye ubusuku, ngesikhathi bedla isidlo sakusihlwa, intombazane eneminyaka eyishumi nanye ubudala okuthiwa uMarley Dias yatshela umama wayo ukuthi "Kugula ukufunda ngabafana abamhlophe nezinja zabo" ngenxa yokufunda okuphoqelekile abakuthumele esikoleni sabo esisendaweni yasePhiladelphia.
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"Hola umkhankaso wokuqoqa izincwadi lapho amantombazane amnyama engabalingisi abaphambili hhayi abalingiswa besibili"
Ngesinqumo esicacile, la magama awakhohlwanga futhi uMarley Dias uqobo wethule umkhankaso we- # 1000BlackGirlBooks ngenhloso yokuthola izincwadi eziyinkulungwane lapho amantombazane amnyama engabalingisi abaphambili yezindaba bese unikela ngezincwadi emtatsheni wezincwadi oholela kancane otholakala eJamaica, lapho kukhulele khona unina kaMarley, uJanice. Kumama wakhe, lolu hlelo alwenza nendodakazi yakhe lubaluleke kakhulu ngoba lusho ukuthini kumantombazane amnyama ahlala emphakathini ozungezwe ngabantu abamhlophe.
“Bengingadingi inkomba ngoba ngakhulela ezweni lapho abantu abaningi babengabantu abamnyama kodwa yena uhlala endaweni yabamhlophe futhi ukwazi ukubona ngesethenjwa kubaluleke kakhulu kuye nasemantombazaneni amnyama amancane aseMelika. Umongo ubaluleke kakhulu kubo: ukuze bakwazi ukufunda izindaba ezibonisa okwenzeka eduze kwalabo abahlala kubo ”.
Umkhankaso uqale ngoNovemba 2015 kanti usuku lwawo lokuvala kwaba nguFebhuwari 1, ngakho-ke uMarley waba nezinyanga ezine zokuthola izincwadi eziyi-4 1000 ezinamantombazane amnyama. Ngenyanga yokuqala ukwazile ukuqoqa izincwadi eziyi-100, wafika ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari nezingaphezu nje kwesigamu. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokubaluleka kwalo mkhankaso, UMarley ukwazile ukuthola isibalo sezincwadi eziyi-1000 ekupheleni kwesikhathi somkhankaso.
Lo mkhankaso uqalwe futhi wazuzwa yintombazane eneminyaka eyishumi nanye ubaluleke kakhulu ngenxa yakho konke lokho okushoyo ngoba izikole eziningi ziwela emaphethini afanayo futhi ukufundwa kwazo okuphoqelekile kuyafana kakhulu, kunganiki ithuba lokuba namaphoyinti ahlukile ngokubuka ukuthi yonke intsha ingazibeka endimeni yabantu abahlukahlukene abakhona emhlabeni. Ngaphezu kwenani elikhonjiswe ngomncane kanye nesiboniso sokuthi, uma ufuna okuthile, ngomzamo ungakuthola.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngicabanga ukuthi lolu hlobo lomkhankaso lungabaluleka kakhulu ngoba kuyisinyathelo esibheke ekulinganeni. Ukube ukufundwa okuphoqelekile ezikoleni bekungezinhlobo zonke zabalingiswa: abamhlophe, abamnyama, abesilisa nabesifazane abathandana nabobulili obufanayo nobungqingili, abantu abasha bangafunda ukuthi umphakathi olinganayo uyini ngempela, ngoba kusukela besebancane bebezokubona kuyinto ejwayelekile, into evelayo ezincwadini abazifundayo, lapho okuvame ukuboniswa iningi lomphakathi. Uma izincwadi abazifundayo zihlala zikhuluma ngokuqonde ngqo, abafana abamhlophe, ushintsho luyosho okuthile okuxakayo nokungajwayelekile emphakathini. Kungakho ukufunda kubaluleke kangaka futhi qaphela lapho ukhetha lokho okufundwa yintsha, ngoba kufanele ikwazi ukwazisa okuhlukahlukene ecasha kulo mhlaba wezincwadi.
Ngikushiyela ividiyo yesiNgisi lapho le ntombazanyana ivela khona nomama wayo, obeye ohlelweni lokuchaza le nhlangano enkulu yezincwadi abayenzileyo.
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