Barbados Yasweka ndi Royal Britain: Imayang'ana Ku Africa

Kalongayo adagawana nawo chidwi ndi nyenyezi yawonetsero, Rihanna, woyimba wobadwira ku Barbados komanso wamalonda yemwe ndi chithunzi chodziwika bwino cha komweko. Adalandira udindo wa National Hero kuchokera kwa Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, yemwe pansi pa utsogoleri wake Barbados adatenga gawo lomaliza kuchoka pa korona ngakhale adayitanitsa referendum.

Pachisankho chapadziko lonse pa Januware 19, chomwe chidachitika miyezi 18 kuti nthawi yake yoyamba isanathe, Mottley, mayi woyamba kukhala nduna yayikulu ya Barbados, adatsogolera chipani chake cha Barbados Labor Party kuti chipambane kwachiwiri kwa zaka zisanu. nthawi yake mu Nyumba ya Malamulo, chigawo chapansi mu Nyumba ya Malamulo ya Barbadian. Voti inali yotsimikizika: chipani chake chidatenga mipando yonse 30, ngakhale mitundu ina inali yovuta.

"Anthu a fuko lino alankhula ndi mawu amodzi, motsimikiza, mogwirizana komanso momveka bwino," adatero m'mawu ake okondwerera m'bandakucha wa Januware 20. Kunja kwa likulu la chipani chake, omutsatira ake osangalala - atavala chophimba, monganso aliyense m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri ku Barbados. - Anavala T-shirts ofiira omwe amati, "Khalani otetezeka ndi Mia."

Dziko lapansi likumva zambiri kuchokera kwa iye. Mphekesera zoti adafunsidwa ndi Secretary-General wa UN António Guterres kuti atenge upangiri wapadziko lonse lapansi m'malo mwake adatsutsidwa ndi ofesi ya Mottley, yomwe idati Prime Minister "sikudziwa zomwe zikuchitika zomwe zingagwirizane ndi mphekesera zomwe mwazifunsa."

Barbados si dziko loyamba la Britain kutsitsa mbendera yachifumu, ndikuthetsa udindo wachifumu, womwe tsopano ndi wamwambo, wosankha bwanamkubwa wamkulu wa dziko lomwe kale linali koloni. Barbados idadziyimira pawokha mu 1966 pambuyo pa zaka mazana ambiri zaulamuliro wa atsamunda. Mpaka pano, idasungabe mgwirizano wake wachifumu.

Ino ndi nthawi, pamene zofuna za kuzungulira kwatsopano ndikuchotsa zotsalira za atsamunda zikuchulukirachulukira m'mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene. Mottley, wazaka 56, ndi wopambana pazifukwa izi, pomwe akuwunika kuthekera kosagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga ubale wolimba ndi Africa.

Padziko lonse lapansi, "kuchotsedwa" kwa kafukufuku wazachipatala komanso thanzi la anthu, mwachitsanzo, ndi vuto lomwe lakula kwambiri pa mliri wa Covid. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, kuitanitsa "kuchotsedwa" kwa zochitika zapadziko lonse kumafuna kuti zisankho zapadziko lonse lapansi zisakhale zoyenera kwa maulamuliro akuluakulu.

Pamsonkhano weniweni wa atsogoleri angapo aku Africa ndi Caribbean mu Seputembala, a Mottley adagwiritsa ntchito mfundo yochotsa koloni pakudzutsanso ndi kulimbikitsa chikhalidwe cha trans-Atlantic kuti athandizire kuthana ndi vuto laukapolo.

“Tikudziwa kuti ili ndi tsogolo lathu. Apa ndipamene tikudziwa kuti tiyenera kunyamula anthu athu,” adatero. “Kontinenti yanu [Africa] ndi kwawo kwa makolo athu ndipo ndife achibale anu m’njira zambiri chifukwa Africa ili pafupi nafe komanso mwa ife. Sitichokera ku Africa kokha ayi.

“Ndikupempha kuti tizindikire kuti chinthu choyamba chimene tiyenera kuchita, koposa zonse . . . ndikudzipulumutsa tokha ku ukapolo wamalingaliro - ukapolo wamalingaliro womwe umatipangitsa kuwona kumpoto kokha; ukapolo wamaganizo umene umatipangitsa kuchita malonda kumpoto kokha; ukapolo wamaganizo umene uli ndi ife osazindikira kuti pakati pathu timapanga gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a mafuko adziko lapansi; ukapolo wamaganizo umene walepheretsa kugwirizana kwa malonda achindunji kapena kayendedwe ka ndege pakati pa Africa ndi Caribbean; ukapolo wamaganizo umene watilepheretsa kupezanso tsogolo lathu la Atlantic, wopangidwa m’chifanizo chathu ndi zofuna za anthu athu.”

Anati mbadwa za akapolo aku Africa, akuyenera kuyendera mayiko mbali zonse za Atlantic ndi kukonzanso zikhalidwe zomwe amagawana, mpaka zakudya zomwe amakonda. "Anthu a ku Caribbean amafuna kuona Africa, ndipo anthu a ku Africa ayenera kuona Caribbean," adatero. “Tiyenera kugwirira ntchito limodzi, osati zofuna za atsamunda kapena chifukwa choti anthu atibweretsa kuno mosafuna. Tiyenera kuchita izi ngati tikufuna, ngati nkhani yachuma. ”

Mu uthenga wake wa Tsiku la Khrisimasi mu 2021 kwa a Barbadians, Mottley anali wokulirapo, kufunafuna gawo lapadziko lonse lapansi ku fuko laling'ono lomwe linali kale "lopambana kulemera kwake."

Barbados ili pafupi pamwamba pa chitukuko cha anthu m'chigawo chachikulu cha Latin America-Caribbean, malo abwino kwa amayi ndi atsikana. Kupatulapo zina - Haiti imadziwika chifukwa cha zolephera zake zomvetsa chisoni - dera la Caribbean lili ndi mbiri yabwino.

Mu 2020, lipoti la United Nations Development Programme la Human Development Report (kutengera deta ya 2019) lidawerengera kuti zaka zoyembekezeka za moyo wa amayi pakubadwa ku Barbados zinali zaka 80.5, poyerekeza ndi 78.7 za azimayi kudera lonselo. Ku Barbados, atsikana amatha kuyembekezera maphunziro a zaka 17 kuyambira ali mwana mpaka kusukulu ya sekondale, poyerekeza ndi zaka 15 m'deralo. Chiŵerengero cha anthu achikulire odziŵa kulemba ndi kuŵerenga ku Barbadia chikuposa 99 peresenti, mzati wa demokalase yokhazikika.

Kuyang'ana kunja kuyambira pomwe adakhala paudindo mu 2018 kwa nthawi yoyamba pachipambano chachikulu cha chipani chake cha Barbados Labor Party, chomwe chili kumanzere kwa Barbados, Mottley wakhazikitsa mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi. Nkhani yake yovuta kwambiri ku UN General Assembly mu Seputembala komanso zodzudzula zamakambirano anyengo padziko lonse lapansi (onani vidiyo ili pansipa) zamukopa chidwi chifukwa chakulankhula kwake kolimba komanso kuthekera kodzutsa omvera. Komabe iye ndi mtsogoleri wa dziko pafupifupi kota ya kukula kwake kwa mzinda wa London, wokhala ndi anthu pafupifupi 300,000, ofanana ndi a ku Bahamas.

"Tikutha chaka chino, 2021, titaphwanya miyambo yomaliza ya utsamunda wathu, ndikuthetsa ulamuliro womwe udatenga zaka 396," adatero mu uthenga wake wa Khrisimasi ku dziko. "Tadzitcha kuti ndife Nyumba Yamalamulo, kuvomera udindo wonse wazomwe tikupita komanso koposa zonse, ndikukhazikitsa Mtsogoleri wa Boma loyamba la Barbadian m'mbiri yathu." Sandra Prunella Mason, yemwe kale anali bwanamkubwa wamkulu, loya waku Barbadian, adalumbiritsidwa pa Nov. 30 ngati Purezidenti woyamba wa Republic.

"Tikupita patsogolo, anzanga, ndi chidaliro," adatero Mottley mu uthenga wake. “Izi ndikukhulupirira kuti ndi umboni wakukhwima kwathu monga anthu komanso dziko la zisumbu. Tsopano, tili pakhomo la 2022. Tatsimikiza mtima kuyambiranso ulendo wopita ku Barbados kukhala apamwamba padziko lonse pofika 2027. "

Ndi dongosolo lalitali.

Chuma cha Barbadian chidabwerera m'mbuyo chifukwa cha kutayika panthawi ya mliri wopeza ndalama zambiri kuchokera ku zokopa alendo, koma Prime Minister akuti apaulendo ayamba kubwerera. Banki Yaikulu ya Barbados ikuneneratu kuti zokopa alendo zidzachira kwathunthu pofika 2023.

Mottley ali omasuka pa siteji yaikulu. Amakhala ku London ndi New York City, ali ndi digiri ya zamalamulo kuchokera ku London School of Economics (ndi kutsindika pa kulengeza) ndipo ndi woyimira milandu ku England ndi Wales.

Mbiri yoyambirira ya Barbados pansi paulamuliro wa Britain yakhazikika m'zaka mazana ambiri zakuzunzidwa komanso kuzunzika. Pasanapite nthawi yaitali kuchokera pamene eni nthaka oyambirira anayamba kufika m'zaka za m'ma 1620, akuthamangitsa Amwenye kudziko lawo, chilumbachi chinakhala malo a malonda a ukapolo ku Africa ku Western Hemisphere. Posakhalitsa dziko la Britain linayamba kulamulira malonda a malonda odutsa nyanja ya Atlantic ndipo anamanga chuma chatsopano, chotukuka kwa anthu apamwamba a ku Britain kumbuyo kwa Afirika.

Eni minda a ku Britain adaphunzira kuchokera kwa Apwitikizi ndi Spanish, omwe adayambitsa ntchito yaukapolo m'madera awo atsamunda m'zaka za m'ma 1500, momwe ntchitoyi inalili yopindulitsa ndi ntchito yaulere. M'minda ya shuga ku Barbados, idagwiritsidwa ntchito pamafakitale. M’zaka zapitazi, anthu zikwi mazanamazana a mu Afirika anali ongocheza chabe, akumanidwa ufulu pansi pa malamulo ankhanza atsankho. Ukapolo unathetsedwa mu ufumu wa Britain mu 1834. (Unathetsedwa m’zigawo zonse za kumpoto kwa America pakati pa 1774 ndi 1804, koma osati Kum’mwera kufikira 1865.)

Nkhani yaukapolo ku Barbados idanenedwa m'buku la 2017 lotengera kafukufuku wamaphunziro omwe ali ndi zithunzi zowoneka bwino za moyo wa Afro-Caribbean: "The First Black Slave Society: Britain's 'Barbarity Time' ku Barbados 1636-1876." Wolemba, Hilary Beckles, wolemba mbiri wobadwira ku Barbados, ndi wachiwiri kwa chancellor wa University of the West Indies, yomwe idasindikiza bukuli.

Beckles wakhala mtsogoleri wotsogola wa kubwezeredwa kwa ukapolo yemwe nthawi zonse amasangalatsa anthu osankhika aku Britain, azandalama aku London ndi mabungwe omwe adapanga kuchokera ku phindu laukapolo. Kukhazikitsidwa kwa Britain sikunangolephera kukonzanso, akutsutsa, komanso sananene zoona kwa anthu a ku Britain ponena za zoopsa za moyo wa Afro-Caribbean.

Prince Charles, m'mawu ake a Nov. 30 popereka gawo lomaliza la mphamvu zachifumu ku dziko latsopano, adangonena pang'ono za kuzunzika kwazaka mazana ambiri kwa akapolo aku Africa ndipo adayang'ana m'malo mwake za tsogolo labwino la Britain-Barbados. ubale.

"Kuyambira m'masiku ovuta kwambiri am'mbuyomu, komanso nkhanza zowopsa zaukapolo, zomwe zimadetsa mbiri yathu, anthu pachilumbachi adapanga njira yawo molimba mtima," adatero. “Kumasulidwa, kudzilamulira nokha ndi kudziyimira pawokha zinali njira zanu. Ufulu, chilungamo ndi kudziyimira pawokha zakhala zitsogozo zanu. Ulendo wanu wautali wakufikitsani panthaŵi ino, osati monga kumene mukupita, koma monga malo abwino oti muone mbali ina yatsopano.”

Yoyamba idaperekedwa ndi Barbara Crossette, mkonzi wamkulu komanso wolemba PassBlue ndi mtolankhani wa United Nations wa The Nation.

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