Ngubani uZattar?
"Ookhokho bakhetha umntwana owayengekazalwa. Mna ndandimi phambi kwabo kanye."
Amanye amadoda azalelwa ukuba ngookumkani. UZattar waxelelwa ukuba ungomnye wabo.
YiNkosana Yekratshi, unyana kaKumkani uZola noKumkanikazi uNzinga, wakhuliswa ukususela ebuntwaneni ekholelwa ukuba isihlalo sobukumkani samaBapindi sesakhe. Waziqeqeshela sona. Wasilinda. Kwaye ngomhla ekwakufanele ukuba size ngawo, ookhokho badlula kuye bakhetha umntwana owayengekazalwa nokuzalwa.
Loo mntwana yayingu Zaiire.
Ikratshi lelona lagcina uZattar emi xa isithsaba sathathwa. Ikratshi lelona limqhubayo ngoku. Inkosana ebiweyo ayicele oko kwakungokwayo. Iyakuthatha kwakhona.
Namhlanje, uZattar ukhokela indlu yobukumkani edume kakhulu kwi- I-ISOLELE Universe. Abantu bababiza ngokuba lusapho lwakwaBapindi. Xa bedlula, imingcelele yeemoto ivala izitrato. Xa behamba, izicakakazi ezithandathu ziphosa amagqabi eentyatyambo zegolide ezinyaweni zabo. Ihlabathi lonke libona ukumkani kuyo yonke into ngaphandle kwegama.
Akukho mntu ulibonayo inxeba. Kwaye akukho mntu ubona iGorila Mukomboso ilinde phantsi kwesuti.
Usapho lwakhe
UZattar uvela kusapho lweengxilimbela. Oomalume bakhe nguMubutu noShaka Zulu, amadoda amabini amagama awo asashukumisa ilizwekazi. Udade wabo ngu Kimoya, iKandake. Amawele akhe, uZaiire noKongo, ngabatshana bakhe.
Omnye umtshana wakhulela endlwini yakhe. Omnye, mhlawumbi akazange ambone esiza.
Inkangeleko yakhe
Isuti yobukumkani eluhlaza esikwe njengesikrweqe. Igolide entanyeni nasezihlahleni. Isinxibo sentloko esihonjisiweyo esinophawu lwe-ISOLELE. UZattar akafane aphakamise ilizwi lakhe. Akunyanzelekanga. Uhlala ngasemva kwimoto yobukumkani, ejikelezwe ngabalindi bakhe, ngelixa umqhubi wakhe ogqubuthele ubuso, uRwagama, emjonga kwisipili sangasemva.
Xa eguquka, inkosana iba yiGorila Mukomboso, igorila enkulu kakhulu, esona sidalwa sinamandla kwihlathi laseKongo.
Ukusuka kwingonyama ukuya kwigorila
UZattar wazalwa eyingonyama. Emva koko into ethile yatshintsha yonke into, kwaye ingonyama ayabe isanele.
Wangena ehlathini eyokufuna umoya omdala kunaso nasiphi na isithsaba: uMukomboso, igorila. Indlela yamsa phantsi kwamanzi nasemlilweni. Wabuya ephethe umoya kaMukomboso.
Ingonyama wayishiya ngasemva. Ikratshi lakhe akazange alishiye ngasemva.
UZattar noZaiire
Zaiire wayeneminyaka emine xa evuka emotweni enxibe isiqingatha sentsimbi yeNtamo yamandulo. Wasiwa endlwini kamalume wakhe.
Kwihlabathi, uZaiire wakhula njengowobukumkani. Ngaphakathi kweendonga zebhotwe, waphila njengesicaka. Kwaye yonke imihla, uZattar wayejonga umntwana owathatha isithsaba sakhe ngaphambi kokuba azalwe, nesiqingatha sentsimbi exhonyiwe entanyeni yakhe.
Kutheni indoda inokukhulisa inkwenkwe eyaba ikamva layo? Impendulo ikumaphepha e- Zaiire.
UZattar noMbeli
UZattar uneentshaba ezininzi. Unembangi enye kuphela: uMbeli. Lowo iNkosana Yekratshi ezilinganisa ngaye, nalowo eyala ukoyiswa nguye.
UZattar noDawidi
Ngasemva kwimoto yobukumkani, utata ufundisa unyana wakhe ukuba ngukumkani. Sonke isifundo sibukhali. Sonke isifundo siphela ngesivakalisi uDawidi aya kusithwala ubomi bakhe bonke.
"Ukumkani obonisa uloyiko ebusweni bakhe umema zonke iingcuka zommandla ukuba zize zimvavanye."
Kodwa intlungu idlula ukusuka kuyise ukuya kunyana, isizukulwana ngesizukulwana, de indoda enye igqibe ekubeni iqhawule umjikelo. Umbuzo kukuba ingaba uZattar uya kuba yiloo ndoda.
Impefumlelo yenkcubeko yaseAfrika
Umfanekiso wobukumkani kaZattar utsala kuKumkani uSolomon nakwintsomi kaKumkanikazi waseMzantsi. Inqanawa yakhe, uNommo, ithwala igama lemimoya yamanzi yookhokho yabantu bamaDogon baseMali.
Imo yakhe yesilwanyana, iGorila Mukomboso, ihlonipha umgcini wamahlathi aseKongo. IRiphabliki yeDemokhrasi yaseKongo likhaya leegorila zasezintabeni zaseVirunga neegorila zamathafa asempuma ezingafumaneki kwenye indawo emhlabeni. NjengoZattar, igorila izolile de isongelwe, kwaye ayinakumiswa xa isongelwe.
Kodwa impefumlelo yakhe yokwenyani ngumbuzo iAfrika ebisoloko iwubuza iinkulungwane: ookhokho babephi xa sasibafuna? UZattar yinto eyenzekayo xa inkosana iyeka ukulinda impendulo.
Ukuvela
UZattar uvela kulo lonke ibali lika- Zaiire njengomalume kaZaiire nesinye sezisongelo zakhe eziyingozi kakhulu. Ukhokela uthotho lwakhe, Zattar & Dawidi: Ukuthula Kukakhokho.
