IGhana inethemba lokuba utyelelo lwale veki lukaMongameli waseMelika uBarack Obama luza nokwanda kwengeniso yezokhenketho ingakumbi kubantu abamnyama baseMelika.
Kwimakethi ephambili yabakhenkethi e-Accra, u-Ama Serwaa uthengisa iimagi kunye nezaseji eziphambili ngemibala ebomvu, emthubi, kunye neluhlaza yaseGhana. Unezacholo ezenziwe ngamaqokobhe kunye nemiqulu yelaphu lesizwe leKente lemveli.
Kodwa akukho nto ithengisa ngokukhawuleza kune-Barack Obama T-shirts. Abanye banobuso bukaMnu. Obama ngaphakathi kwetywina likamongameli. Abanye baquka inenekazi lokuqala uMichelle Obama nabantwana babo uSasha noMalia ngasentla kwesihloko esithi “Intsapho Entsha YaseMelika Yokuqala.”
USerwaa uthi utyelelo lwale veki lusapho lakwa-Obama luzakuba lulungele ishishini.
“Yeyona nto ilungileyo. Kuba esiza apha, uninzi lwabakhenkethi luza kuza apha. Kwaye negama laseGhana linyukela phezulu,” utshilo. "Ke izisa abakhenkethi abaninzi kule ndawo kuba abantu baya kufumanisa ukuba kutheni eze apha."
Ukhenketho lilizwe lesine elikhulu laseGhana elifumana imali yangaphandle emva kwegolide, ikokho, namaplanga. Ukhenketho luzuze eli lizwe i-1.4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kunyaka ophelileyo. Urhulumente ulindele ukonyuka okungama-20 ekhulwini kutyelelo luka-Obama.
“Sifuna ukwenza iGhana indawo elandelayo yabantu abaninzi. Kuba siyabona ukuba iSenegal ngoku injalo, kodwa sifuna ukogqitha iSenegal,” utshilo uKwabena Akyeampong, usekela mphathiswa wezokhenketho eGhana. “ISenegal ifumene ikhefu xa uClinton ebetyelele eGoree Island. Sikholelwa ukuba ukuba u-Obama, umongameli wokuqala omnyama noyena mntu uthandwayo emhlabeni, uza eGhana aze aye eCape Coast Castle, likhefu lethu elo kwaye kufuneka silisebenzise elo thuba.
Iindawo ezisembindini worhwebo lwekhoboka lwase-Afrika eziquka iSiqithi saseSenegal iGoree kunye neCape Coast Castle yaseGhana zinomtsalane ngakumbi kubakhenkethi abamnyama baseMelika.
Kukhenketho lwakhe lweCape Coast Castle, uMongameli u-Obama ulindeleke ukuba atyelele izisele zamakhoboka kunye nendawo ebizwa ngokuba “yisango lokungabuyi” apho amakhoboka adlulayo esiya kwiinqanawe ezilindileyo ezaziwawela iAtlantiki phantse iminyaka engama-300.
Ngelixa naluphi na utyelelo lukamongameli lulungile kukhenketho, u-Akyeampong uthi akukho nto ithelekiswa nomongameli wokuqala omnyama waseMelika owenza uhambo lwakhe lokuqala kwi-Afrika engezantsi kweSahara.
“Into yokuba ngumongameli wokuqala omnyama waseMelika ukutyelela eGhana yinto yethu,” utshilo. "Sicinga ukuba iza kuthengisa kubantu abakwi-diaspora edla ngokuba yeyona ntengiso yethu inkulu xa kuziwa kukhuthazo lokhenketho."
Kwimarike yabakhenkethi yase-Accra, umzobi uSam Appiah uthengisa imizobo eyahlukeneyo ka-Obama. Uqinisekile ukuba amagcisa kulo lonke ilizwekazi anomona wokuba iGhana ifumana uMongameli Obama kuqala.
“Kuyamangalisa. Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba naba baseKenya bazosikhweletela kuba baza kuthi kutheni engezi u-Obama kweli lizwe lethu kuba engowalapha. Kodwa konke kulungile, ”utshilo. "Siyayithanda into yokuba u-Obama esiza apha."
Emva kotyelelo lukamongameli eCape Coast Castle ngoMgqibelo ebehlelelwe ukuba athethe namawakawaka abantu baseGhani kwi-Independence Square. Kodwa loo ntetho ngoku isiwe ngaphakathi epalamente ngenxa yokuqalisa kwexesha lemvula laseGhana.
