Inyanga yeMbali eMnyama yaseMelika eUganda

Unozakuzaku wase-US e-Uganda uNatalie E. Brown, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, iZilwanyana zaseNdle kunye nezaMandulo e-Uganda, uMhlonishwa. U-TomButime, oogunyaziwe bengingqi, kunye noluntu lwaseWalumbe badibana baza kutyhila iSikhumbuzo esibuyiselweyo saseLuba-Thurston Fort. Le ikwisithili saseMayuge,

Yayinikezelwe ekulondolozeni nasekuhlonipheni inkumbulo yamadoda, abafazi, kunye nabantwana abadlula kule ndawo yangaphambili yokurhweba ngamakhoboka. Ngexesha lomsitho, iMakerere Spirituals Choir yenze uthotho lwemimoya yase-Afrika-yaseMelika ukuze iqaphele ukwabelana.

Yayikubhiyozela iMishini yase-Uganda yokuqwalaselwa kwenyanga yembali yabaNtsundu.

Kwingxelo ekhutshwe nguDorothy Nanyonga, uMncedisi woLwazi, uMthunywa wase-US eUganda, unikezele ngenkxaso-mali ye-USD 45,000 evela kwiNgxowa-mali kaNozakuzaku wase-USA yokuLondolozwa kweNkcubeko (AFCP).

Ukuxhasa ukubuyiselwa kwelitye lesikhumbuzo kwiLuba Thurston Fort kwiLali yaseWalumbe, kwiSithili saseMayuge, okubalulekileyo ekubhalweni kokuphela korhwebo ngamakhoboka eUganda.  

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iMelika ixhase ngemali iiprojekthi ezisibhozo phantsi kweAFCP eUganda.

Ethetha kwikonsathi, unozakuzaku uBrown uthe, “Kufuneka sivume intlungu yobukhoboka obuziswe kuluntu kwihlabathi jikelele, kunye nefuthe eliqhubekayo lelifa labo.

Kufuneka sithathe izifundo kuloo mbali ibuhlungu ukuze sakhe ikamva elingcono apho bonke abemi bexhamla inkululeko elinganayo phantsi komthetho.”

Rhoqo ngoFebruwari, iUnited States ibhiyozela iNyanga yeMbali yabaMnyama ukuhlonipha impumelelo kunye negalelo labantu base-Afrika baseMelika kuluntu lwethu, inkcubeko kunye nesizwe.

Imimoya yase-Afrika-yaseMelika ineengcambu zabo kwiingoma eziculwa ngabantu abangamakhoboka e-United States. Iingoma zanceda abantu base-Afrika-baseMelika ukuba bafumane ithemba ngexesha lobukhoboka babo.

Yaba nendima ebalulekileyo ekupheliseni ubukhoboka.

"Ngokunyanisekileyo ukujongana nembali yethu, kuquka intlekele yobukhoboka eMelika, kunye nobuhlanga obuqhubekayo namhlanje, yindlela kuphela esiya kukwazi ukuphumeza isithembiso saseMelika senkululeko, ukulingana, kunye nethuba kubo bonke," uBrown uthe.

Isekwe yiNkongolo yase-US ekwindla ka-2000, iNgxowa-mali yoMmeli woLondolozo lweNkcubeko (AFCP) inikezela ngezibonelelo zokugcinwa kweendawo zenkcubeko, izinto zenkcubeko, ingqokelela, kunye neendlela zokubonisa inkcubeko yemveli kumazwe angaphezu kwe-100.

ICongress yaphawula ukuba “Ukugcinwa kwenkcubeko kunika ithuba lokubonisa ubuso baseMelika obahlukileyo kwamanye amazwe, elingelorhwebo, elingeyopolitiki, nelingengomkhosi.

Ngokuthabatha indima ephambili kwiinzame zokulondoloza ilifa lenkcubeko, sibonisa ukuba siyazihlonela ezinye izithethe.”

Ukusukela ngo-2001, i-AFCP ibonise intlonipho yeMelika kwilifa lenkcubeko yabanye ngokuxhasa iiprojekthi zolondolozo ezingaphezu kwama-640 kwihlabathi liphela.

Imbali yaseFort Luba-Thurston

Ngokutsho kweSebe leeMyuziyam kunye nezikhumbuzo, e-Uganda, i-Fort yayikhe yahlala yiNkosi enamandla - uLuba waseBunya Chiefdom e-Usoga (eBusoga), ehlala kwimpuma ye-Uganda yangoku.

 Yayiyindawo yokumisa amaphenyane awayekhweliswa ngayo amadoda kunye nempahla ukuya nokubuya kunxweme lwaseKyagwe. Ngo-1891, umphathi waseBritane uFredrick Lugard waqesha iSudanesetroops (“Nubians”) njengamajoni axhobileyo ukunceda ukulawula oko kwaba yi-Uganda Protectorate ngo-1894.

Kunyaka ongaphambili, imikhosi yamaKoloni yaseBritane yasekwa eLuba's Fort ngokuthunyelwa kwamajoni angama-40 aseSudan amiswe ngokucwangcisiweyo kufutshane nendlela yorhwebo yeekharavani eyayinqumla iNapoleon Gulf phakathi kweBunya neBuganda.

Oku ngokuyinxenye ibikukunciphisa ukungakhuseleki okunxulunyaniswa nendlela yasempuma yekharavani. Kukholeleka ukuba iiNkosi zeBasoga zatshintshiselana ngamakhoboka ngemipu yaseBuganda kunye nobukho benkampi yaseBritane eLuba's Fort. Kwanceda ekucinezeleni iintshukumisa zomsebenzi onjalo.

Ngowe-1897, amajoni aseSudan avukela kwinxalenye enkulu yeUganda Protectorate ehlawula imali engaphezulu, imixhesho, kunye neempahla ezazisemva. Le mvukelo yayiquka imikhosi yaseSudan eyayikwinkampu yaseKenya neyayithelela abo baseLuba’s Fort.

U-Major Thruston wangena kwi-Fort engaxhobanga ukuze axoxisane ngokunikezela, kodwa yena noWilson, ummi waseBritani, kunye ne-steamer engineer Scott badutyulwa bafa.

Abavukeli bahlala kwinqaba iinyanga ezimbini ngaphambi kokuba ihlaselwe yimikhosi yaseBritane. UC.LPilkington weCMS kunye noLt Norman MacDonald babulawa. Abavukeli bayishiya iFort baza baqhwesha ngenqanawa ngomhla we-9 kuJanuwari 1898. Inqaba yaseLuba yashiywa kwaza kwakhiwa enye iFort Thruston eyayihlala ixesha elifutshane kufutshane kunyaka olandelayo.

U-Chief Luba wabulawa kukugula kokulala ngomhla we-17 kaJulayi ka-1906, ngexesha lokuqhambuka kokuqala kobhubhane owatshabalalisa lo mmandla.

Eli litye lesikhumbuzo langoku lakhiwa ngo-1900, njengesikhumbuzo sabo baphulukana nobomi babo 'ngemfazwe yaseBukaleba'. Indawo yenkcubeko yale ndawo inemiqolomba, inkqubo yomjelo eyenziwe ngumntu, enokuchithwa okubalulekileyo kwentsimbi, izinto zomdongwe, kunye nomthi ongcwele waseWalumbe. IKiando Hill likhaya lamandulo likaChief Luba kwisithili sanamhlanje seMayugedi ikwaphawula indawo apho uBhishophu uJames Hannington (3 Septemba 1847 – 29 Okthobha 1885) umshumayeli wamaTshetshi wamaNgesi kunye nabathwali-mpahla bakhe abangamaKristu badibana ukubhubha.

Ukungazinaki iziphumo zezopolitiko zokunqumla ubukumkani baseBuganda ukusuka empuma. Oku kwakusemva kokuba i-oracle (u-Amanda) yayixele kwangaphambili ukuba umnqobi we-Buganda uya kuvela eMpuma.

Oku kwalandelwa yintshutshiso yamaKristu eBuganda eyaphumela ekubulaweni ukholo ngomhla wesi-3 kuJuni 1886 eyakhokelela kwiimfazwe zamakhaya zoloyiso lobukoloniyali kunye nosukuzwano phakathi kwamaqela amaFrentshi namaBritane, amaJamani, amaTshetshi, amaKatolika namaSilamsi akhokelela ekugxothweni kukaMwanga ekugqibeleni kunye nokubhengezwa koMwanga. I-Uganda njengendawo yokhuselo lwaseBritane ngo-1894 yaqiniswa siSivumelwano sase-Uganda ngo-1900.