UBUKHOBOKA BUMNANDI 1
Ngaxa lithile ngo-1619, inqanawa yamakhoboka amaPhuthukezi, i-São João
Bautista, yawela uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki ngesiquphe esigcwele imithwalo yabantu:
abantu baseAfrika abathinjiweyo abavela eAngola, kumzantsi-ntshona weAfrika.
Amadoda, abafazi nabantwana, ngokunokwenzeka abavela kwizikumkani
zaseNdongo naseKongo, banyamezele uhambo olonwabisayo, bebotshiwe ubomi
bokuba ngamakhoboka eMexico. Phantse isiqingatha sabathinjwa babhubhe
ngoncedo ngexesha le nqanawa ibanjwa ziinqanawa ezimbini zamaNgesi;
Abaseleyo baseAfrika basiwa ePoint Comfort, izibuko elikufutshane neJamestown,
ikomkhulu lekoloni lamaNgesi laseVirginia, elalisekwe yiVirginia Company
yaseLondon kwiminyaka eli-12 eyadlulayo. I-colonist uJohn Rolfe wabhalela uSir
Edwin Sandys, waseVirginia Inkampani, ukuba ngo-Agasti 1619, "indoda yemfazwe
yaseDatshi" yafika kwikoloni kwaye "ayizanga nantoni na kodwa i-20 kunye
ne-Negroes engaqhelekanga, eyayithengwa yirhuluneli kunye nomthengisi
wentengiso. ukutya. ” Abantu baseAfrika babenokuthi basebenze kwiindawo zecuba
ezazisandula ukwenziwa kuloo ndawo.
“Intsimbi yangena kwimiphefumlo yethu,” yakhalaza indoda eyayisakuba yindoda
egama linguKesare, xa wayelila okomntwana omncinci malunga namakhamandela
awayemele awambathe xa wayehamba ngenkani esuka ekhayeni lakhe eAfrika
esiya kwihlabathi elitsha. Isetyenziswa njengezithintelo ezingalweni nasemilenzeni,
intsimbi erhabaxa isike isikhumba sabathinjwa baseAfrika iinyanga ezininzi
abazichithe elwandle, kufanelekile, nanjengoko wayengenguye umntu.
