Mwezi wa American Black History ku Uganda

Kazembe wa US ku Uganda Natalie E. Brown, Minister of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities ku Uganda, Hon. TomButime, akuluakulu a boma, ndi gulu la Walumbe adasonkhana kuti awonetsere chikumbutso chobwezeretsedwa cha Luba-Thurston Fort Memorial. Izi zili m'boma la Mayuge,

Linaperekedwa kuti lisunge ndi kulemekeza zikumbukiro za amuna, akazi, ndi ana amene anadutsa m’malo amene kale anali malonda a akapolo. Pamwambowo, kwaya ya Makerere Spirituals Choir idachita zingapo zauzimu zaku Africa-America kuti zizindikire nawo.

Uku kunali kukondwerera mwezi wa mbiri ya anthu akuda ku US Mission ku Uganda.

M'mawu omwe aperekedwa ndi Dorothy Nanyonga, Wothandizira Information, US Mission Uganda, adapereka thandizo la USD 45,000 kuchokera ku USambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).

Pothandizira kubwezeretsedwa kwa chipilala cha Luba Thurston Fort m'mudzi wa Walumbe, m'boma la Mayuge, chomwe chili chofunikira polemba kutha kwa malonda a akapolo ku Uganda.  

Mpaka pano, dziko la United States lapereka ndalama zothandizira ntchito zisanu ndi zitatu pansi pa AFCP ku Uganda.

Polankhula pa konsati, kazembe Brown adati, "Tiyenera kuvomereza ukapolo wowawa womwe wabweretsedwa padziko lonse lapansi, komanso kupitilira kwa cholowa chake.

Tiyenera kutengapo phunziro kuchokera ku mbiri yowawa imeneyi kuti tikhale ndi tsogolo labwino lomwe nzika zonse zili ndi ufulu wofanana pansi pa lamulo.”

Mwezi uliwonse wa February, United States imakondwerera Mwezi wa Mbiri Yakuda kuti ilemekeze zomwe anthu aku Africa-America achita bwino kudera lathu, chikhalidwe chathu, ndi dziko lathu.

Mizimu yaku Africa-Amerika idachokera ku nyimbo zoimbidwa ndi akapolo ku United States. Nyimbozi zinathandiza anthu aku Africa-America kupeza chiyembekezo panthawi yaukapolo wawo.

Zinathandiza kwambiri kuthetsa ukapolo.

"Kuyang'anizana ndi mbiri yathu moona mtima, kuphatikizapo tsoka la ukapolo ku America, ndi tsankho lachitsanzo lomwe likupitirirabe lero, ndi njira yokhayo yomwe tingathe kukwaniritsa lonjezo la America la ufulu, kufanana, ndi mwayi kwa onse," adatero Brown.

Yakhazikitsidwa ndi US Congress kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2000, Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) amapereka ndalama zothandizira kuteteza malo azikhalidwe, zinthu zachikhalidwe, zosonkhanitsira, ndi mitundu ya zikhalidwe zachikhalidwe m'maiko opitilira 100.

Bungwe la Congress linanena kuti “Kusunga chikhalidwe kumapereka mwayi wowonetsa nkhope ya America kumayiko ena, omwe si amalonda, osalowerera ndale, komanso omwe si ankhondo.

Pokhala ndi udindo waukulu poteteza chikhalidwe cha anthu, timasonyeza kuti timalemekeza zikhalidwe zina.”

Kuyambira mchaka cha 2001, AFCP yawonetsa kulemekeza kwa America ku chikhalidwe cha anthu ena pothandizira ntchito zopitilira 640 padziko lonse lapansi.

Mbiri ya Fort Luba-Thurston

Malingana ndi Dipatimenti ya Museums and Monuments, Uganda, Fort nthawi ina inagwidwa ndi Mfumu yamphamvu - Luba ya Bunya Chiefdom ku Usoga (Busoga), yomwe ili kum'mawa kwa Uganda.

 Kumeneko kunali malo otsikira mabwato omwe ankanyamula amuna ndi katundu kupita ku gombe la Kyagwe. Pofika m'chaka cha 1891, mkulu wa asilikali a ku Britain a Fredrick Lugard adalemba asilikali a Sudanesetroops ("Nubians") ngati asilikali ankhondo kuti athandize kuyang'anira zomwe zinakhala Uganda Protectorate mu 1894.

Chaka chimodzi m'mbuyomo, gulu lankhondo la atsamunda a ku Britain linakhazikitsidwa ku Luba's Fort ndi kutumiza asilikali 40 aku Sudan omwe ali pafupi ndi njira yamalonda yomwe imadutsa Napoleon Gulf pakati pa Bunya ndi Buganda.

Izi zinali zina pofuna kuchepetsa kusatetezeka komwe kumayenderana ndi njira yakum'mawa kwa apaulendo. Basoga bagambye nti Basoga bw’avaanya n’obuddu bw’e Buganda n’ekitundu ky’ebbugati ky’e Luba. Zinathandiza kupondereza zolinga za ntchito yoteroyo.

Mu 1897, asilikali a ku Sudan anapandukira ndalama zambiri za Uganda Protectorate, chakudya, ndi zovala zomwe zinali zobwezeredwa. Kupandukaku kunaphatikizapo asilikali a ku Sudan omwe anamangidwa ku Kenya omwe anagwirizana ndi a Luba's Fort.

Major Thruston adalowa ku Fort popanda zida kuti akambirane kuti adzipereke, koma iye ndi Wilson, msilikali wa ku Britain, komanso injiniya wa steamer Scott anaphedwa.

Oukirawo adakhala pachitetezocho kwa miyezi iwiri asanaukire ndi asitikali aku Britain. C.LPilkington wa CMS ndi Lt Norman MacDonald anaphedwa. Oukirawo anasamuka ku Fort ndipo anapulumuka pa bwato pa 9 January 1898. Linga la Luba linasiyidwa ndipo Fort Thruston ina yaifupi inamangidwa chapafupi chaka chotsatira.

Chief Luba anamwalira ndi matenda ogona pa 17th July 1906, pamene mliri woyamba wa mliri unawononga dera.

Chipilala chomwe chilipo pano chidamangidwa mchaka cha 1900, pokumbukira omwe adataya miyoyo yawo pankhondo ya Bukaleba. Chikhalidwe cha malowa chili ndi mapanga, ngalande yopangidwa ndi anthu, yomwe ili ndi chitsulo chomwazika kwambiri, mbiya, ndi mtengo wopatulika wa Walumbe. Kiando Hill, nyumba yakale ya Chief Luba m'chigawo chamakono cha Mayugedi ndi pomwe Bishopu James Hannington (3 Seputembala 1847 - 29 Okutobala 1885) mmishonare wachingerezi wa Anglican ndi owanyamula ake achikhristu adamwalira.

Osadziwa zotsatira za ndale zodutsa ufumu wa Buganda kuchokera kummawa. Izi zidachitika pambuyo poti munthu wina (Amanda) adaneneratu kuti wogonjetsa Buganda adzachokera Kummawa.

Izi zinatsatiridwa ndi kuzunzidwa kwa Akhristu a ku Buganda komwe kunafika pachimake pa kuphedwa kwawo pa 3rd June 1886 zomwe zinayambitsa nkhondo zapachiweniweni zogonjetsa atsamunda ndi mikangano pakati pa magulu a French ndi British, Germany, Anglican, Catholic, ndi Asilamu zomwe zinapangitsa kuti Mwanga achotsedwe ndi kulengeza kuti Uganda ngati chitetezo cha Britain mu 1894 chokhazikika ndi mgwirizano wa Uganda mu 1900.