Ukufundwa kwami ​​okungu-5 kuka-2016. Futhi okwakho?

U-2016 ubungunyaka wokutholwa, izindaba, ababhali abasha nabadala kodwa, ikakhulukazi, wezincwadi eziningi ezifundiwe, ezihlenga njengezintandokazi. Ukufundwa okungu-5 kowezi-2016. Cishe njalo, izihloko ezinjengamazwe aseningizimu, ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke noma ukuvakasha zikhona kuziphakamiso zami, ngakho-ke ngiyakumema ukuthi uqale ukubuyekeza okulandelayo (nokufudumele) ukunciphisa ubusika ngenkathi ucabanga nokuthi kuzofundwa kanjani kulo nyaka izintandokazi zakho.

Ingabe ukulungele?

INgonyama umAfrika, ngu-Amin Maalouf

Ngifunde ingxenye enkulu yale ncwadi ngesikhathi sokuma isikhathi eside eLas Palmas futhi iqiniso ukuthi ukufundwa okukubambayo kusukela kumzuzu wokuqala, ikakhulukazi uma uthanda izincwadi zomlando ezisethwe emazweni angaphandle. Lo msebenzi we ILebanon yenze izwe laseFrance kwaba ngu-Amin Maalouf ihlanganisa impilo yomuntu oyedwa abahloli bamazwe abangaziwa kakhulu bekhulu le-XNUMX, UHasan bin Muhammed al-Wazzan al-Fasi aka Lion wase-Afrika, indodana yaseGranada lapho yena nomndeni wakhe kwadingeka bashiye khona ngemuva kokufika kwamaCastilians kanye nomthengisi ezindaweni ezifana nogwadule iSahara, iMedithera noma idolobha laseRoma lapho agcine enikezwe khona uPapa Leo X. Incwadi evuselela ukuzidela komuntu othokozayo futhi obalulekile ochaza umlando waleyo Maghreb enenzondo ngemuva kweChristian Reconquest.

Impilo emfushane emangalisayo ka-Óscar Wao, kaJunot Díaz

Ngo-2008, umbhali waseMelika odabuka eDominican UJunot Díaz uzuze umklomelo wePulitzer ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuqala, inoveli ekhuluma ngokufuduka okuhlukile, maphakathi nokugxekwa, idrama namahlaya abizwa ngokuthi Impilo emfushane emangalisayo ka-Óscar Wao. Indaba esiyithola ngo-Oscar, insizwa geek futhi unonile uhlala eNew Jersey nodadewabo nonina, ebalekela iDominican Republic enezinkinga ngaphansi kombuso kaTrujillo. Izizukulwane ezintathu zigobele kwinoveli yethenda, beshesha, ekahle ukuthi ifundwe ngesikhathi lapho ubukhona be- UDonald trump kuqinisa futhi ukubaluleka kwezincwadi ezihlakazekile. Kunconywe kakhulu.

Eningizimu yomngcele, entshonalanga yelanga, nguHaruki Murakami

Ngangifunde amanoveli amaningana kaMurakami kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kuze kube manje angikaze ngihlangabezane neyodwa elula, elula futhi enhle njengaleyo ekule ncwadi. Eningizimu yomngcele, entshonalanga yelanga, isihloko sayo sithathwe engomeni kaNat King Cole, utshela indaba yabangani ababili abangabantwana, uHajime noShimamoto, okuthi ngemuva kokuhamba ngesikhathi sobusha bagcine ngokuhlukana. Ngemuva kweminyaka, uHajime uhlala nonkosikazi wakhe, amantombazane akhe amabili futhi unekilabhu le-jazz eliphumelelayo lapho kuvela khona uSimamoto, eguqula konke unomphela. Inoveli enhle ethi, ezikhathini eziningi, ingikhumbuze ngelinye lamafilimu engiwathandayo, nayo enconywe kakhulu: Ku-Mood for Love, nguWong Kar-wai owazalelwa eHong Kong.

Nciphisa ingqondo, kusuka kuNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Kumele ngivume ukuthi bekuyintandokazi yami ukunqoba i- Umklomelo kaNobel kulo nyaka wezincwadi, ikakhulukazi njengoba bekusele amasonto ngaphambi kokulethwa ku- umklomelo uBob Dylan owenqabile Lapho ngiqeda le ndatshana kuphela labo abathanda i-Afrika nezinkinga zayo abazoyithokozela kakhulu. Ekuqedeni umqondo, uKhonion Thiong'o waseKenya uxoxa ngezindlela eziningi lapho ubukoloniyali kanye nobukoloniyali kwaba nomthelela emasikweni nasezincwadini zase-Afrika kule minyaka eyikhulu edlule. Ukuhlaziywa kwezwekazi lapho izingane ezinemibala (labo abangafunda) kufanele bathande uShakespeare ngaphezu kwazo zonke izinto futhi balahle i-Achebe noma badle yonke imibhalo yekhulu le-XNUMX elaphatha ama-Afrika njengezilwane nje ezisongwe ngezingoma zabamhlophe. UThiong'o wazi okuningi ngakho, ikakhulukazi njengoba waphonswa ejele ngokubamba iqhaza emdlalweni obhalwe ngesiGikuyu, ulimi lwakhe lwendabuko.

Okuthile Okuzungeze Intamo Yakho, nguChimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Bengimfuna impela lo mbhali, ikakhulukazi njengoba ngimbonile edumile I-Ted Talk 2012 lapho uNgozi akhulume khona ngombono wakhe othile wobufazi, ongehlisi isithunzi sabesilisa futhi ogcizelela izwe lakhe, iNigeria, lapho abesifazane beqhubeka nokuxhunyaniswa nesimo esikhona njalo. Lokhu kuhlasela okubomvana kuhlangene nezindaba zabantu baseNigeria e-United States kugcwala izindaba eziyishumi nambili ezakha le ncwadi lapho kunezinkomba eziningi zesiko elidumile, uChinua Achebe kanye noGabriel García Márquez.

Ukufundwa kwami ​​okungu-5 kowezi-2016 ngenze lo kube unyaka wezinto ezintsha ezitholakele zemibhalo ebengifuna ukuhlanganyela nawe. Ngaphandle kokuqeda ngishiya indlu kaMnu. Biswas, ebhalwe ngu-VS Naipaul, engithemba ukuthi izoqhubeka ngo-2017, futhi kungekudala ngizoqala nge-White Teeth, ebhalwe nguZadie Smith. Uyazi, amasiko amaningi angakwazi.

Kube yini ukufundwa kwakho okungu-5 kowezi-2016? Ngabe unesibindi sokuwabelana ngawo?