Ungubani iNkosi uGanga Zumba?
Wayeyinkosi yasePalmares, umbuso wase-Afrika okhululekile owazalwa kabusha emhlabathini waseBrazil ngamadoda nabesifazane abenqaba ukuhlala beyizigqila. Wayeyinkosi, ungqondongqondo wamasu neqhawe lenkululeko. Kwase kuthi igazi lakhe limwise, futhi ukufa kweza kuzomthatha. Kwehluleka.
Umlilo wokhokho wamkhipha endleleni evamile yomlando. Namuhla uwela isikhathi nomkhathi njengeJaguar Ehamba Ngesikhathi, ezingela lowo owamkhaphela. Endleleni waba ngomunye wabalingani abaseduze kakhulu baka Zaiire nomvikeli wabantu base-Afrika abasakazeke emhlabeni kuzo zonke izinkathi angena kuzo.
Ukubukeka kwakhe
Namuhla, uGanga Zumba ugqoka umqhele wakhe ngendlela ehlukile. Izinwele ezibomvu ezingama-locs ziwela emehlweni akhe. Iketanga elisindayo legolide lihlala phezu kwevesti elimhlophe. Uphethe igolide ngesandla esisodwa nenqwaba yemali kwesinye. Indwangu eluhlaza iboshwe okhalweni lwakhe, futhi umshayelo wezimpukane wegolide, uphawu lwasendulo lobukhosi base-Afrika, ulenga eceleni kwakhe.
Wake wadayiswa njengempahla. Manje uhamba esikhathini engumnikazi wakho konke akuphethe.
Izimpawu zakhe zobukhosi nguMqhele weJaguar neNgubo yeJaguar. Zimhlukanisa nazo zonke ezinye izinkosi ze-ISOLELE Universe.
Umsuka: INkosi yasePalmares
IPalmares yayingaphezu kwendawo yokukhosela. Kwakungubufakazi bokuthi ama-Afrika athwala ubukhosi, impucuko, amandla empi, ingokomoya nobuzimele bawo ewela i-Atlantic. Amaketanga ayekwazi ukukhipha abantu e-Afrika. Ayengeke akwazi ukucisha ubukhosi base-Afrika.
UGanga Zumba wabusa lowo mbuso ngesikhathi amabutho amakholoni ewuzungezile elinde ukuthi uwe.
Isivumelwano esahlukanisa umbuso
Inkosi kufanele ikhethe phakathi kwempi engapheli nokuthula okungaqinisekile. UGanga Zumba wakhetha ukuthula ukuze avikele abantu bakhe. Umshana wakhe uZumbi wakwenqaba, ekholelwa ukuthi isivumelwano siwugibe.
Umbuso wahlukana kabili. Futhi umbuso owawufuna ukuthi iPalmares ibhujiswe wakubukela kwenzeka.
INkosi Eyaphunyuka Esikhathini
Ngemuva kwesikhashana kwesivumelwano, inkosi yadliswa ushevu. Owayengemuva kokuwa kwayo kwakunguZumbi, umshana eyamkhulisa ukuze athwale umbuso.
Kodwa ukufa akuzange kuyibambe iNkosi yasePalmares. Amandla okhokho asePalmares avuka ngaphakathi kuyo, futhi inkosi efayo yaba Umhambi Wesikhathi. Kusukela ngalolo suku uwela amakhulu eminyaka nomkhathi uqobo ngenhloso eyodwa: ukuthola uZumbi.
Negus Captain Afrika
Lapho ubulungiswa busongelwa, uGanga Zumba uvusa isimo sakhe esiphakeme seqhawe: UNegus Captain Afrika. Leli qhawe lithwala amandla, inkumbulo nomoya wokulwa wazo zonke izizukulwane ezenqaba ukwenziwa izigqila.
His name joins two vows. Negus, the Ethiopian word for king, recalls his crown. Captain Afrika is his oath to guard the soul of the continent. In this form his skin becomes living Ethercobalt, the sacred metal of the Makanda, glowing with ancestral patterns. He can crush armies with his bare hands, leap mountains, ride the winds through his armor like an eagle and see the traps of his enemies before they close.
IJaguar ingumzingeli. UNegus Captain Afrika uyinkosi yenkundla yempi.
“Across ages they tried to scatter us, but fire cannot be broken. I walk through time not to escape it, but to gather the Eternal Bloodline, until Africa’s justice burns brighter than any empire.”
The Eternal Bloodline
As Negus Captain Afrika, Ganga Zumba walks through the ages searching for the Eternal Bloodline: not a family of blood alone, but of flame, the warriors who resisted conquest, enslavement and empire. Among them are his mother, Princess Aqualtune, who carried royal fire into exile; Dandara, the fearless queen; and Zumbi, the nephew he must one day face.
He appears at the turning points of history whenever injustice rises, and he stands beside Zaiire as one of his greatest allies, guiding the Prince of Kongo in the wars of memory and prophecy.
UGanga Zumba noZumbi
UZumbi uyindodana kadadewabo uSabina. UGanga Zumba wayekholelwa ukuthi nguye ozothwala umbuso. Kunalokho, uZumbi wenqaba isivumelwano futhi wayengemuva kokuwa kukamalume wakhe uqobo.
Yonke inkathi uGanga Zumba angena kuyo, wonke umugqa wesikhathi awuwelayo, umsondeza kumshana ayekade emthanda. Lapho ekugcineni bebhekana ubuso nobuso, inkosi izoba nombuzo owodwa: kungani?
Okwenzekayo lapho iNkosi yasePalmares ithola uZumbi kubhalwe ezincwadini.
UGanga Zumba noDandara
UDandara ungunkosikazi kaZumbi futhi ungomunye wamaqhawe esifazane anolaka kakhulu awake azalwa eBrazil. Uguquka abe yindabule (caracal) futhi ungumngane omkhulu kaKazaba. Isiphetho sakhe, njengesikaZumbi, sisaboshelwe ePalmares.
UGanga Zumba noZaiire
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uGanga Zumba wathola into enkulu kunokuzingela kwakhe: UZalo Olungunaphakade, abantu kuwo wonke umlando abathwala umzabalazo ongakapheli wenkululeko nenkumbulo yase-Afrika.
Namuhla, leyo ndlela imholela eNkosaneni Zaiire. Inkosi yasendulo iba ngumvikeli, ungqondongqondo wamasu nomfowabo wobukhosi kaZaiire. UngUmfowabo kaZaiire Esiphepheni.
Enye impi yobukhosi iyeza. Ngaphambi kokuba iqale, uGanga Zumba unomsebenzi owodwa: ukuthola Okhethiweyo.
INkosi yasePalmares isilahlekelwe umbuso owodwa. Iyenqaba ukubona omunye unyamalala.
Ugqozi lwamasiko ase-Afrika
INkosi uGanga Zumba igqugquzelwe nguGanga Zumba womlando, owazalelwa eMbusweni waseKongo cishe ngo-1630. Isiko lithi unina wayeyiNkosazana u-Aqualtune waseKongo, iqhawe lobukhosi elahola amasosha empini namaPutukezi ngaphambi kokuba libanjwe liyiswe eBrazil ngohwebo lwezigqila lwase-Atlantic. Indodana yakhe yaba yinkosi yokuqala yeQuilombo dos Palmares, ebizwa nangokuthi i-Angola Janga, inhlangano yemiphakathi ekhululekile enyakatho-mpumalanga yeBrazil eyamelana namandla amakholoni amaPutukezi amashumi eminyaka.
Isiko lithi uGanga Zumba, umfowabo uZona nodadewabo uSabina benziwa izigqila ndawonye epulazini laseSanta Rita eBrazil ngaphambi kokuba babalekele ePalmares. Umndeni owafika usemaketangeni wahamba uyindlu yobukhosi.
Igama lakhe livela esiKhongweni elithi Nganga Nzumbi. I-nganga yayingumvikeli womphakathi ngokomoya. Ngo-1678 wamukela isivumelwano sokuthula namaPutukezi, futhi umshana wakhe uZumbi wasenqaba. UGanga Zumba washona ngoshevu ngemuva kwesikhashana; izazi-mlando zisaphikisana ngokuthi ubani owayenecala. Ku-ISOLELE, impendulo nguZumbi.
Ku-ISOLELE, uGanga Zumba uwuzalo lwaseKongo olwasinda e-Atlantic. Uxhumanisa i-Afrika Emaphakathi neBrazil, nesikhathi esedlule nekusasa likaZaiire.
