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Ukubuya kwabo kuyingqophamlando emzabalazweni osekunesikhathi eside amazwe ase-Afrika ekhona wokubuyisa imisebenzi ephangiwe.
Izibalo ezimbili zethusi zaseBenin zibuyiselwe esigodlweni esiseningizimu yedolobha laseNigeria iBenin ngemuva kokushaqwa amasosha aseBritain ngesikhathi sombuso wamakoloni, kubika iReuters kanye ne-AFP.
Lokhu kunikeza ithemba lokuthi izinkulungwane ezengeziwe zezinto zobuciko zingase zibuyele ezindaweni zazo zomdabu.
Iqhude lethusi elibuyisiwe kanye nokuqhunyiswa kwenkosi kwamukelwe ngomcimbi owubukhazikhazi esigodlweni seNkosi Uku Akpolokpolor Evoare II edolobheni laseBenin.
“Akuwona umsebenzi wobuciko nje kuphela, kodwa yizinto ezigcizelela ukubaluleka kwengokomoya lethu,” kusho okhulumela isigodlo eceleni kwalo mcimbi obuhanjelwe yizihambeli eziqavile zendawo nabaholi bomdabu.
Lezi zimpahla ezimbili zethusi zanikezwa izikhulu zaseNigeria ngo-Okthoba nyakenye. kusuka emanyuvesi aseBrithani i-Aberdeen neCambridge.
Imibukiso, kakhulukazi ku Europe, zebiwa abahloli bamazwe namakoloni avela eMbusweni owawunamandla waseBenin, namuhla oseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeNigeria. Ziphakathi kwezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu zamagugu ase-Afrika, futhi ngokusho kochwepheshe abavela eBritish Museum zadalwa ngemuva kwekhulu le-16.
Izinkulungwane zezinto ezenziwe ngethusi zaseBenin kusukela ekhulwini le-16 kuya kwele-18 ziye zaphangwa esigodlweni sombuso wangaphambili waseBenin zabe sezitholakala eminyuziyamu e-United States naseYurophu.
Inyuvesi yaseCambridge ibuyise umfanekiso weqhude eNigeria ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba.
Yisikhungo sokuqala saseBrithani ukwenza lokho. Inyuvesi yase-Aberdeen yabe isinikezela ngekhanda lethusi lasebukhosini elathengwa endalini ngo-1957.
Ukubuya kwabo kuyingqopha-mlando emzabalazweni osunesikhathi eside wamazwe ase-Afrika wokubuyisela imisebenzi ephangiwe, futhi izikhungo eziningi zaseYurophu zidonsa kanzima ngefa lamasiko lobukoloniyali.
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi cishe amaphesenti angu-90 amagugu amasiko ase-Afrika aseYurophu, ngokusho kwezazi-mlando zobuciko zaseFrance.
I-Ke Branley Museum eseParis inezinto zase-Afrika ezingaba ngu-70,000, kanti amashumi ezinkulungwane ezengeziwe aseBritish Museum eLondon, kuphawula iReuters.
Ephaneli, iBenin yabonisa okokuqala ngqa imisebenzi yobuciko engama-26 ibuya eFrance
Imibukiso, eminye yayo ethathwa njengengcwele ezweni lase-Afrika, ikhonjiswa endaweni engamamitha-skwele ayi-2,000 esigodlweni sikamongameli enhlokodolobha iCotonou. I-Benin ikhombisa ngokokuqala imisebenzi yobuciko engu-26 namagugu e-Kingdom of Dahomey, ebuyiselwe iFrance cishe eminyakeni engu-130 ngemuva kokuphangwa kwayo, kubika i-AFP.
Imibukiso, eminye yayo ethathwa njengengcwele ezweni lase-Afrika, ikhonjiswa endaweni engamamitha-skwele ayi-2,000 esigodlweni sikamongameli enhlokodolobha iCotonou. Lo mbukiso unesihloko esithi “Ubuciko BaseBenin Izolo Nanamuhla” futhi uvulela izivakashi iminyango kusasa. Ingabonakala kuze kube nguMeyi 22.
IFrance ibuyise imibukiso engama-26 eBenin ngoNovemba nyakenye. ngemva kweminyaka emibili yezingxoxo. Lokhu kwenzeke phakathi kwezingcingo ezikhulayo ezivela e-Afrika zokuthi amazwe aseNtshonalanga anikeze imisebenzi ephangwe amandla obukoloni agcinwe kumamyuziyamu namaqoqo angasese.
I-United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands kanye neJalimane sebezitholile izicelo ezifanayo emazweni ase-Afrika.
IFrance inikeze iBenin umsebenzi wobuciko ngoNovemba. Baphangwa esigodlweni saseDahomey ngamabutho amakoloni aseFrance ngo-1892.
Kwaze kwaba yilapho enikezwa abameleli baseBenin, amagugu ayegcinwe eMnyuziyamu iQue Branley eParis. Phakathi kwazo kukhona ama-totem avela embusweni wangaphambili waseDahomey, kanye nesihlalo sobukhosi seNkosi uBehanzin.
Ngokusho kongoti, phakathi kwamaphesenti angama-85 no-90 amagugu e-Afrika angaphandle kwaleli zwekazi. Kusukela ngo-2019, ngaphezu kweBenin, amazwe ayisithupha - iSenegal, i-Côte d'Ivoire, i-Ethiopia, i-Chad, iMali neMadagascar - nawo afake izicelo zemisebenzi yobuciko engekho emthethweni.
Ukubuya kwemisebenzi yobuciko ephangiwe e-Afrika kungenye yamaphuzu asemqoka kuMongameli waseFrance u-Emmanuel MacronUhlelo lokusungula ubudlelwano obusha nezwekazi.
Isithombe: U-Master of Jesus College Sonita Alleyne (kwesokunxele) no-Royal Highness Prince Aghatise Erediauwa ngesikhathi somcimbi e-Jesus College e-Cambridge, lapho kuzobuyiselwa khona ithusi lase-Benin elaziwa nge-Okukur eNigeria. I-Legacy of Slavery Working Party yaphetha ngokuthi lesi sithombe, esaphangwa amabutho amakoloni aseBrithani ngo-1897 futhi sanikezwa i-Jesus College ngo-1905 nguyise womfundi, "singesika-Oba wamanje eNkantolo yaseBenin". Usuku lwesithombe: ULwesithathu Okthoba 27, 2021. (Isithombe ngu-Joe Giddens / PA Images nge-Getty Images)
