“Nantsi inkwenkwana eNtsundu evela eLouisville, eKentucky, ihleli kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo ithetha noomongameli behlabathi, ngoba? Ngenxa yokuba ndiyimbethi-manqindi echubekileyo,” watsho kwinkomfa noonondaba kwikomkhulu leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ngowe-1979. “Ndandidinga amanqindi ukuze ndifike apha. Ngoko ke, injongo yam kukusebenzisa amanqindi ukufikelela ebantwini.”
Echitha ixesha lakhe elininzi ngaphandle komsesane wamanqindi ekufuneni uxolo, uMnu. Ali wayekhe wanikezela ingxelo kwi-UN kunyaka ongaphambili ethetha neKomiti eKhethekileyo ye-UN echasene noCalulo eMzantsi Afrika.
Ukususela ngeminyaka yoo-1970 de kwasekufeni kwakhe ngo-2016, owafumana imbasa yegolide kwiOlimpiki yaseUnited States wayedada njengebhabhathane yaye ehlaba okwenyosi, njengoko wayesoloko ezichaza kakuhle, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweringi yamanqindi.
Mamela wethu IPodcast Classic isiqendu esingezantsi.
UThixo, amanqindi kunye nodumo
Ebudeni bomsebenzi wakhe, uMnu. Ali uxhase amalinge oncedo kunye nophuhliso. Wahambisa ngesandla ukutya kunye nezixhobo zonyango kwizibhedlele, abantwana basesitalatweni kunye namakhaya eenkedama e-Afrika nase-Asia.
Kwinkomfa noonondaba kwikomkhulu leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ngowe-1979, uMnu. Ali wathetha ngoThixo, umdlalo wamanqindi nokusebenzisa udumo lwakhe ngenjongo efanelekileyo. Unyana womzobi weempawu, naye wathetha ngokupeyinta uxolo.
Mamela inkomfa epheleleyo noonondaba Apha.
U-Muhammad Ali (ophakathi) uya kumsitho ka-2004 wokuphawula uSuku lweHlabathi loXolo kwiKomkhulu le-UN. (ifayile)
Ukubuyisela ukulwa nembalela yaseAfrika
UMnu. Ali naye watyelela i-UN Headquarters ngo-1975, ngaphambi komlo wakhe wesihloko ngokumelene no-Chuck Wepner, echaza ukuba abagqugquzeli baya kunika i-50 yeesenti kwinzuzo yetikiti ngalinye elithengiswe kwi-Afrika yokunciphisa imbalela.
Ngeli xesha, umgqugquzeli uDon King wathi wayelindele abaphulaphuli abangama-500,000 ukuya kwisigidi ngeTV evaliweyo. Imali yahlulwa ngokulinganayo phakathi kweNgxowa-mali yaBantwana ye-UN (UNICEF) kunye ne-Africare, intlangano yoncedo lwabaMnyama, ukunceda ukumba amaqula eSenegal naseNiger.
UMthunywa woXolo weUN
Eyaziwa kwihlabathi jikelele njengoyena “Mkhulu”, imbethi-manqindi yamaxesha amathathu obunzima bobunzima behlabathi uMuhammad Ali wonyulwa njengoMthunywa woXolo we-UN ngo-1998.
Ukudibanisa abantu ngokushumayela "ukuphilisa" kuye wonke umntu ngaphandle kohlanga, inkolo okanye ubudala, kwiminyaka edlulileyo uMnumzana u-Ali wayengummeli ongapheliyo kubantu abasweleyo kunye nomdlali obalulekileyo wobuntu kwihlabathi elikhulayo.
Ekuswelekeni kwakhe ngo-2016, ngoko uNobhala Jikelele we-UN u-Ban Ki-moon wathi i-UN inombulelo “ngokuzuza kubomi nomsebenzi womnye wabantu ababalaseleyo kule nkulungwane idlulileyo nabakhuthaza ukuqonda noxolo”.
Ngo #ThrowbackThursday, Iindaba ze-UN ibonisa amaxesha abalulekileyo kwixesha elidlulileyo le-UN. Ukusuka kwiinkokeli zehlabathi ezidumileyo neziphantse zalityalwa, hlala ubukele ukungcamla Ithala leencwadi le-UN le-Audivisual's 49,400 iiyure ezirekhodiweyo zevidiyo kunye 18,000 iiyure ezirekhodiweyo yomsindo.
Ndwendwela iividiyo ze-UN Amabali akwi-UN Archive uluhlu lokudlala Apha kunye nochungechunge lwethu olukhaphayo Apha. Sijoyine ngoLwesine ozayo ukuze singene kwelinye icala kwimbali.
