Ibhalwe nguBridget Foley
Umzwelo wangempela ungumdlali ongajwayelekile emigwaqweni yezindiza yanamuhla. Nokho ekubuyeleni kweSikole Somphakathi ohlelweni Lweviki Lemfashini YaseNew York, u-Dao-Yi Chow kanye no-Maxwell Osborne bashaye intambo yomzwelo wangempela eqoqweni lemfashini ehlakaniphile, ethakazelisayo eboniswa ngaphakathi komongo womlayezo obanzi.
Ngaphambi kokhetho lukamongameli, laba bobabili bazibonakalisa njengabaklami abanomqondo wepolitiki abamagange ukusebenzisa umgwaqo njengenkundla yemibono yabo kanye nezingubo zabo. Lapha, ugqozi lwabo, noma mhlawumbe, ngokunembe kakhudlwana, isisusa sabo sokudala, kwakuwukucatshangelwa kwemingcele. "Sisanda kuqala ukukhuluma ngalezi zakhiwo ezenziwe ngabantu ukuze sigcine abantu bengaboni ngaso linye, ngasikhathi sinye sibuka umhlaba lapho uma ungumuntu, uyisakhamuzi somhlaba," kusho uChow.
Yena kanye no-Osborne bethula i-motif ngamazwi ahlabayo kunentukuthelo ngengoma ethambile eyenziwa umhlanganyeli weSikole Somphakathi u-Twin Shadow. Isiqephu siphinde sasebenza kabusha i-Woody Guthrie opus enkulu, iculo elake lavela kanye lokufakwa. Kuwo wonke umbukiso, amagama afanayo ayedlalwa kaninginingi, uhlobo lomqeqeshi ovame ukuphazamisa ukuze ayalele ukuthi aqale phansi. Endleleni asikaze sizwe amazwi athi, “lelizwe lenzelwa mina nawe.”
