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“Izvi hazviperi,” akadaro wandaigara naye. Uye izvi zvaive zvisati zvaitika -zvine zvipfeko zveAmerica zvakaputswa uye zvakawanda, zvakawanda zveMarras-mixed orgy ye montage uye mélange yatakanga tichangobva kuona - takafamba-famba neboka revanhu vakaroorana vachitamba nekumonyoroka.
Saka ngatitangei pakutanga. Iko kuunganidzwa kwakafemerwa nemifananidzo yaMalick Sidibé yehusiku husiku muBamako, Mali, mu'50s uye '60s. Vari kukwezva mifananidzo yechizvarwa chine chitarisiko chakaumbwa netsika dzemuno uye rock 'n' roll fever yobva yatsvaira pasi rose. Iyo seti yaive stylized shanty yemarata mukati maive makagara vamwe vakadzi vechidiki vechitema vachiverenga mavintage magazines pasi pehooded beauty palor hair dryer.
"Izvi hazvina kunaka mune zvematongerwo enyika here?" aizvibvunza zvake shamwari yangu. Marras aive nemhinduro yakafanogadzirirwa yemhando kuburikidza neshoko reYinka Shonibare muzvinyorwa zvake: "Nhasi, hapana munhu anongova chinhu chimwe. Hapana anogona kuramba kupfuurira kusingachinji kwegamuchidzanwa refu, mitauro yenyika, uye nzvimbo dzetsika. Hapana zvikonzero zvekusimbirira pakuparadzana kwavo nekusiyana kwavo kunze kwekutya nerusaruro. " Iko kukanda, kwakanyanya kuumbwa nemhando chena, yakaita, zvisinei, inosanganisira zviso zvakawanda zvevatema neAsia-kure kupfuura izvo Milan inowanzopa. Mutongo wangu usina kukodzera — nekuti yaisava tsika yangu Marras yaikodzera — iratidziro iyi haina kutyora muganho pakati pekurudziro yekugadzira uye kubiridzira. Uye kuwana kusiyana-siyana panzira yekufambisa ndege kunongoyamurwa kana vagadziri verudzi rwupi norwupi, kunyange ruchena, vakasununguka kuongorora neruremekedzo kusiyana kwakazara kwekodhi yetsika dzevanhu pakuunganidza basa ravo.