Mawonetsero awiri atsopano otsegulidwa ku 2019 pachilumba chakumwera kwa Atlantic cha St Helena azikondwerera zaka 200 kuyambira pomwe ana obadwa mu ukapolo ku Britain Overseas Territory adapatsidwa ufulu - malo oyamba mu Britain Kingdom kuchita izi.
Mwinanso wodziwika bwino kwambiri ngati malo omwe Emperor Napoleon adamutengera kwawo, mbiri yakale ya St Helena ikuphatikizanso kukhala amodzi mwa malo oyamba padziko lapansi oletsa kulowetsa akapolo, komanso kutha kwa malonda a akapolo kukhala malo oyambira panyanja pomwe zombo zaku Britain anagwira amalonda osaloledwa.
Chiwonetsero chatsopano ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale pachilumbachi chikhala chikumbutso cha 200th chalamulo kuchokera nthawi imeneyo kwa Kazembe wa St Helena, Sir Hudson Low, wopatsa ufulu kwa ana onse obadwa pachilumbachi pambuyo pa 25 Disembala 1818. Izi zidakhazikitsidwa ndi lamulo laupainiya lomwe lidaperekedwa mu 1792 zomwe zinaletsa kwathunthu kulowetsa akapolo onse pachilumbachi - lingaliro losaiwalika lomwe lidayika chilumbachi kutsogolo kwa gulu lomwe likukula polimbana ndi ukapolo.
Sir Hudson Low anali bwanamkubwa pomwe Napoleon anali mndende, ndipo mbiri yake yayikulu imachokera pachiyanjano chake ndi Emperor wa France. Kutsegulidwa pa Isitala, chiwonetsero chatsopano kunyumba ya Bwanamkubwa wa St Helena, Plantation House, chikhala ndi cholinga chofuna kuwunikira mbali yocheperako poletsa ukapolo ku St Helena.
Malo ofunikira kwambiri mu malonda aku Britain, St Helena inali ndi akapolo pafupifupi 800 okhala kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 18 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 19. Kutsatira kuthetseratu ukapolo mu Briteni ya Britain mu 1834, Boma la Britain lidakhazikitsa malo apanyanja pachilumbachi kuti aletse malonda aku Africa akapolo pakati pa Africa ndi America.
Pakati pa 1840 ndi 1849 zombo pafupifupi 300 ndi akapolo awo adagwidwa ndikubwerera kuchilumbachi, pomwe anthu pafupifupi 1,000 'Omasulidwa ku Africa' adakhala kwawo pachilumbachi ndikukhala mbali ya anthu pachilumbachi.
Chiwonetsero cha Sir Hudson Lowe, chopangidwa ndi St. Helena Napoleonic Heritage Ltd, chikhazikitsidwa pa 14th Epulo 2019, pomwe chiwonetsero chatsopano ku Museum of St Helena, chokondwerera chikondwerero cha 200th, chatsegulidwa koyambirira kwa mwezi uno. Zowonjezera zatsopanozi zikuwonjezera pachilumba chomwe chadalitsika kale ndi mbiri yakale yosangalatsa, kuphatikiza malo am'ndende a Zulu Chief and Boer Prisoners of War, ndi malo oti akayendere, kuphatikiza nyumba yomwe a Napoleon kale.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Perhaps best known as the place of exile of Emperor Napoleon, St Helena's storied past includes being one of the first places in the world to ban the import of slaves, and after the abolition of the slave trade becoming a key naval station from where British ships intercepted illegal traders.
- Opening at Easter, a new exhibition at the home of the Governor of St Helena, Plantation House, will aim to shed light on his lesser known role in bringing an end to slavery on St Helena.
- Following the complete abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1834, the British Government established a naval station on the island to suppress the African slave trade between Africa and the Americas.
