Ethula inkulumo emhlanganweni wesikhumbuzo wokumaka Usuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lwesikhumbuzo Sezisulu Zokugqilazwa kanye Nohwebo Lwezigqila ETransatlantic, uMongameli woMkhandlu uDennis Francis waqokomisa uhambo olunyantisayo olwabekezelelwa izigidi phakathi nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-Middle Passage, egcizelela ukukhunyulwa kobunikazi kanye nesithunzi sabo.
“Kuyinto engenakwenzeka ukuthi labo ababegqilaziwe babethathwa ngonya njengempahla nje ethengiswayo nokuxhashazwa ngayo,” usho kanje. wathi.
“Kanye nabantwana babo abazalelwa ebugqilini, beqhubekisela phambili umjikelezo ononya wokugqilazwa nokuhlupheka - bebekezelela izinto ezesabekayo ezingenakulinganiswa ezandleni zabacindezeli babo,” wanezela.
Ukuphishekela ubulungisa
UMongameli Womhlangano uFrancis uthulele isigqoko abantu abaguquguqukayo abafana noSamuel Sharpe, Iqiniso leSojourner, noGaspar Yanga, abalwela inkululeko ngesibindi, bevula indlela yezinhlangano zokuqeda nya kanye nezizukulwane ezikhuthazayo ukuba ziphonsele inselelo ukungabi nabulungisa.
Ugcizelele umthelela oqhubekayo wefa lobugqila, ecela ukuziphendulela kanye nokubuyisela njengezingxenye ezibalulekile zokuphishekela ubulungisa bangempela, egcizelela isidingo esiphuthumayo sokubhekana nokucwasa okuhlelekile nokucwaswa okubhekene nabantu bozalo lwase-Afrika, ngokomlando kanye nomphakathi wangaleso sikhathi.
"Kuyisibopho emaZweni, izikhungo, kanye nabantu ngabanye ukuthi bavume iqhaza labo ekuqhubekiseleni phambili la mlando wokungabi nabulungisa - futhi bathathe izinyathelo eziphusile maqondana nobulungiswa bokubuyisela," esho.
U-Dennis Francis, uMongameli we-General Assembly, ukhuluma emhlanganweni wesikhumbuzo wokugubha uSuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lokukhumbula Izisulu Zobugqila kanye neTransatlantic Slave Trade.
Ukunanela kuyaqhubeka namuhla
Futhi ngoMsombuluko, u-Courtenay Rattray, uMpheki weKhabhinethi kaNobhala-Jikelele, wethule a umyalezo egameni lesikhulu se-UN, iphinde ikhulise ikhwelo lokukhumbula nobulungisa.
Efunda umlayezo kaNobhala-Jikelele, uMnu. Rattray uhambe emazwini okuhlonipha izigidi ezahlupheka ngaphansi kombuso ononya wobugqila.
"Iminyaka engamakhulu amane, abantu base-Afrika ababegqilazwe babelwela inkululeko yabo, kuyilapho umbuso wamakoloni nabanye benza amacala asabekayo kubo," esho.
“Abaningi balabo abahlela futhi baqhuba ukuhweba ngezigqila eTransatlantic bathola ingcebo enkulu,” eqhubeka, ephawula ukuthi izigqila zazincishwa imfundo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ithuba nokuchuma.
“Lokhu kwabeka isisekelo sohlelo lokucwasa olunodlame olusekelwe ekuphathweni kwabamhlophe okusazwakala nanamuhla.”
UMnu. Rattray ugcizelele isidingo sezinhlaka zobulungisa bokubuyisela ukuze zisize ukunqoba izizukulwane zokubandlululwa nokucwasa, ekhuthaza umzamo obumbene wokufinyelela umhlaba ongenalo ubandlululo, ukucwasa, ukucwasa kanye nenzondo.
“Sisonke, njengoba sikhumbula izisulu zeTransatlantic Slave Trade, masibumbane silwela amalungelo abantu, isithunzi nethuba lawo wonke umuntu.”
Ukuqhubeka nefa lokuqeda ukucwasa
Ekhuluma noMkhandlu Kazwelonke, isishoshovu esineminyaka engu-15 uYolanda Renee King wase-United States sithe siku-UN ukuzoba umguquli.
“Ngimi phambi kwenu namuhla njengenzalo eziqhenyayo yabantu abagqilaziwe ababemelana nobugqila nokucwasa,” kusho yena.
“Njengogogo nomkhulu, uDkt Martin Luther King Jr. noCoretta Scott King, abazali bami, uMartin Luther King III no-Arndrea Waters King, nabo baye banikela ukuphila kwabo ekuqedeni ukucwasa ngokwebala nazo zonke izinhlobo zokucwasa nokucwasa. Njengabo, ngizibophezele ekulweni nokungabi nabulungisa kwezinhlanga nasekuqhubekiseleni phambili ifa likagogo nomkhulu.”
'Sizonqoba'
Ecela abantu abasha ukuthi bahole indlela eya emhlabeni ongcono, uthe “kumele sixhume nge-inthanethi futhi sihlele imingcele yezwe emhlabeni jikelele.”
Lokhu kuzovula amathuba amasha emikhankaso yomhlaba wonke yokuthuthukisa amalungelo abantu kanye nobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle kuzo zonke izizwe, wengeza.
“Ake namuhla siqinisekise izibopho zokusebenzisana ezihlanganisa inkululeko nobulungiswa obuthanda abantu yonke indawo,” kusho yena. “Bonke abantu abasha emhlabeni kufanele bamukele ikusasa ngethemba, ithemba kanye nesiqinisekiso esikhazimulayo esizosinqoba, njengodade nabafowethu bazo zonke izinhlanga, izinkolo nezizwe.”
