I-Liberia Yazisa: Umhlaba wokuBuyisa

Monrovia, Liberia – IKomiti eLawulayo yeBicentennial isungule isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-200 yaseLiberia njengelizwe yaze yabhengeza umxholo nesilogeni somsitho weBicentennial. Lo mnyhadala ubhiyozelwa unyaka wonke ka-2022 ukusuka nge-7 kaJanuwari ukuya nge-10 kaDisemba, ngomsitho wokuvula ngokusemthethweni owenzeka nge-2022 kaFebruwari, ngo-14.
ILiberia yasekwa ngowe-1822 ngabantu abakhululekileyo abanenzala yaseAfrika abavela eUnited States of America.

Ngokutsho kweKomiti eLawulayo, umxholo uthi “I-Liberia: Ilizwe lokuBuyisa – iSikhumbuzo seMinyaka engama-200 yeNkululeko kunye nobuNkokheli baMazwe ngamazwe eAfrika” ngelixa isilogeni sithi “The Lone Star Forever, Stronger Together.”

IKomiti eLawulayo ithi lo mxholo ubonakalisa izinto ezintathu ezibalulekileyo zembali eziphunyeziweyo eli lizwe ukusukela oko lasekwa ngo-1822 ngabantu abakhululekileyo bomnombo wase-Afrika kunye nabaxhasi babo abavela eMelika.

Okokuqala, lo mxholo ubhiyozela iLiberia, eNtshona Afrika, njengomhlaba okhethwe njengendawo yokusabela ngabantu abakhululekileyo bomnombo waseAfrika abanyamezele iminyaka emininzi yobukhoboka eMelika, ukuze bahlale njengelizwe labo. Ngenxa yoko, phantsi kwenkxaso yoMbutho WaseMerika Wamathanga (ACS), abantu abaninzi abakhululekileyo bebala bafuduka besuka eUnited States baza behla kwiSiqithi iProvidence eLiberia ngoJanuwari 7, 1822, njengelizwe labo lokuzalwa.

Okwesibini, lo mxholo ufuna isikhumbuzo senkululeko kunye nobuzwe ontsundu kunye nokuzimisela ukuzilawula okwaqala kwiminyaka engama-200 eyadlulayo xa iLiberia yasekwa ngo-1822. Ngexesha apho abantu bomnombo waseAfrika babefuna inkululeko nokuzimela, ukusekwa kweLiberia. , “iRiphabliki yabaNtsundu,” eyafumana inkululeko ngowe-1847 yaba bubungqina obucacileyo bokuba abantu baseAfrika bayakwazi ukuzilawula.

Okwesithathu, lo mxholo unika ingqalelo indima engundoqo yobunkokeli bePan-Africanist eyathi yadlalwa yiLiberia, ukulwela inkululeko ye-Afrika yokuphelisa ubukoloniyali kunye nokuzimela kwayo, kuquka nokungagungqi kwayo ngokuchasene nocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga eMzantsi Afrika olwalusaziwa ngelo xesha njengoCalucalulo.

I-Liberia kamva yayiza kulwela ukusekwa kweemanyano zamazwe ngamazwe kwiLizwekazi lase-Afrika nakwinqanaba lehlabathi. Okuphambili, yayiyindima yayo yobunkokeli be-Pan-Africanist ekuququzeleleni i-1959 yembali "iNkomfa yeSanniquellie" ebandakanya iLiberia, iGuinea, kunye neGhana ekugqibeleni ibangele ukusekwa koMbutho we-African Union (OAU) kwi-1963.

I-Liberia yathatha ubunkokeli obufanayo bobuPan-Africanist ekusekweni kweManyano ye-Afrika (AU), ilandela i-OAU. Kwangokunjalo iye yajoyina ikhwelo kwiLizwekazi lokusekwa kwemibutho yoqoqosho yommandla, efana noMbutho woQoqosho waMazwe aseNtshona Afrika (ECOWAS) kunye neMano River Union.

Kwaye kwakungomoya ofanayo wePan-Africanism owaphefumlela iLiberia ukuba izibandakanye nezinye izizwe ekuxhaseni ukusekwa kwamaqumrhu ezizwe ngezizwe, aquka iZizwe eziManyeneyo, iBhanki yehlabathi, kunye ne-International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Njengenkokeli yePan-Africanist, iLiberia yaba ngumniki-mbono nomseki weBhanki yoPhuhliso yase-Afrika xa le bhanki yasekwa ngeminyaka yoo-1960 ukukhuthaza intsebenziswano kwezoqoqosho kwiLizwekazi lase-Afrika.

Kuyakhumbuleka ukuba nangona ubukhoboka buhlala busemthethweni eUnited States de kwangowe-1865, iinzame zokuhlaliswa ngokutsha kwe-ACS zafikelela kuvuthondaba ekusekweni kweLiberia yanamhlanje eNtshona Afrika ukufudusa amadoda, abafazi nabantwana abakhululekileyo abasuka eUnited States nakwezinye iindawo. abantu bebala abavela kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi. Oku kwakhokelela ekuhambeni kweqela lokuqala labaNtsundu abakhululekileyo abamalunga nama-86 kunxweme lwaseNew York ngowe-1820.

Ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1800, malunga nama-17,000 abantu abaNtsundu abakhululekileyo abavela eUnited States naseCaribbean babuyiselwa eLiberia. Abanye abantu bebala babeza kuqhubeka befuna ikhusi eLiberia, “ilizwe lenkululeko.”

Ukususela ekufikeni kwabo, abahlali baseka ukuzilawula eLiberia kunye noJoseph Jenkins Roberts waseVirginia wase-United States ekhonza njengowokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika ukuba anyulwe njengomongameli welizwe. Emva koko, abanye abantu abasithoba abazalelwe eMelika abavela eMaryland, eMzantsi Carolina, eOhio naseKentucky basebenza njengoongameli baseLiberia, le Riphabhliki yokuqala emnyama yaseAfrika.

Ikomkhulu laseLiberia libizwa ngokuba yiMonrovia ngegama likaJames Monroe, uMongameli wesihlanu wase-United States, umxhasi othembekileyo we-ACS kwaye iflegi yelizwe iyinxalenye yeflegi yaseMelika ebonisa ubudlelwane obuluqilima phakathi kwamazwe omabini.

Ukugcina kunye nokugcina ubudlelwane obuluqilima kunye ne-United States of America, abahlali babiza uninzi lweedolophu kunye nezixeko zaseLiberia ngegama lamazwe aseMelika, ngakumbi aquka iMaryland neMississippi eAfrika, phakathi kwabanye "ukuqhubeka nokugcina ukhuseleko lwazo." amaqhina enkcubeko kunye neendawo abasuka kuzo eUnited States.

I-slogan ibonisa iLiberia njengelizwe le-Lone Star kunye neriphabliki yokuqala emnyama e-Afrika. Ngaphandle kwembali yamva nje yongquzulwano yelizwe, iLiberia ibuyisele uxolo nozinzo kwaye ihleli yomelele kunye njengesizwe ngolawulo lwentando yesininzi. Ilizwe libambe ulonyulo lwedemokhrasi kathathu olulandelelanayo, oluthe lwangenisa uNkosikazi Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf njengomongameli wasetyhini wokuqala onyulwe ngokwedemokhrasi yelizwe kunye ne-Afrika.

Ngo-2017, ilizwe labona ukuhanjiswa kwamandla ngentando yesininzi ukusuka kumongameli okhethwe ngentando yesininzi ukuya komnye xa uMongameli uSirleaf edlulisela amandla kuMongameli uGeorge Manneh Weah ngenxa yesiphumo sokhetho lwentando yesininzi olukhululekile, olunobulungisa noluselubala. Oku kudluliselwa kolawulo kwaba linyathelo elibalulekileyo elingazange lifikelelwe leli lizwe kwiminyaka engaphezu kwama-70.

NgokweKomiti eLawulayo, umxholo nesilogeni ziyilelwe ukuxhasa iinjongo zeMibhiyozo yeBicentennial, ezikukubhiyozela ilifa lenkcubeko etyebileyo yaseLiberia; ukubonisa ngamathuba okhenketho kunye notyalo-mali kweli lizwe; ukudibanisa kunye nokudibanisa abantu base-Afrika baseMelika e-United States kunye nabanye abantu abamnyama abangaphandle kwe-diaspora kwisazisi sabo senkcubeko eLiberia.

Eyona njongo iphambili yesikhumbuzo seBicentennial kukomeleza ubudlelwane obutyebileyo bembali phakathi kweMelika neLiberia ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-1800 xa iLiberia yasekwayo.

Ukuqinisekisa impumelelo yesiKhumbuzo seBicentennial, oHloniphekileyo, uMongameli uGqirha George Manneh Weah weRiphabhlikhi yaseLiberia, uhlaba ikhwelo kubo bonke abemi baseLiberia, amahlakani alapha ekhaya namazwe ngamazwe kunye noluntu oluvela kwamanye amazwe ukuba luthathe inxaxheba kulo msitho uyimbali wokubhiyozela iminyaka engama-200 ukusekwa kwelizwe ngabantu abakhululekileyo baseAfrika abavela eUnited States nakwezinye iindawo zehlabathi, kuquka iCaribbean neYurophu; kunye nenqanaba lenkululeko nobunkokeli bamazwe ngamazwe e-Afrika eliye laxhamla ngeli lixa libonisa eli lizwe njengendawo efanelekileyo yokhenketho notyalo-mali.

Iikomitana ezahlukeneyo zincedisa iKomiti yeSizwe eLawulayo yesikhumbuzo soNyaka oMbindi-nkulu eqinisekisa umlinganiselo oqukayo wokuqinisekisa impumelelo yomsitho. UMongameli uhlaba ikhwelo kubo bonke abantu baseLiberia kunye nabahlobo abalungileyo belizwe abavela kwihlabathi jikelele ukuba basebenzisane ngokubambisana, kungakhathaliseki ukuba bahambelana njani nezentlalo kunye nezopolitiko, ukuqinisekisa ukuphumelela kwesi siganeko ukuze kuxhamle ilizwe lonke.