Sept February 2014. Patha zaka 28 kuchokera pomwe kholo lathu lodala ndi wopindula Cheick Anta Diop adabwerera ku Ka. Ndipo chaka chilichonse, tidzakumbukira kukumbukira kwake, malinga ndi miyambo yomwe yakhazikitsidwa kwa zaka ndi omwe amamuzindikira ngati "kholo lodala", ndi zonse zomwe zikutanthauza. Koma tsiku lapadera limeneli kwa ife liyeneranso kukhala mwayi wenizeni.
Popeza Wousirè CAD idatipatsa chidziwitso chake kudzera muntchito yake, ntchito zake zosiyanasiyana, tachita chiyani? Tili pati pakutsata ndewu yomwe adayambitsa ndipo pomwe ife nthawi zambiri timadzinyadira - molondola kapena molakwika - kuti tikupitilira (šmsw Diop)?
Tidzayesa m'njira zodutsitsa momwe tingagwiritsire ntchito za Diop, kuti tipeze tanthauzo lake, kuti tiwone chifukwa chake kuli kofunika kuzilowetsa, komanso momwe zingapindulire osati ku Africa kokha komanso kuti umunthu wonse ukhale wotsatira wake. Chifukwa, ntchito ya Cheick Anta Diop iyenera kuonedwa ngati chikhalidwe ndi sayansi padziko lonse, osati "African" chabe.
Kuyankhulana kumeneku kudzakhala kwakanthawi momwe zingathere; chomwe pachokha ndi zovuta kuchita, chifukwa momwe tingalankhulire za munthu wapaderayu komanso ntchito yake yayikulu m'mizere ingapo? Chifukwa chake tikupempha owerenga athu kuyambira pachiyambi kuti awonetse kumvetsetsa ngati zomwe akuyankhulana zikuwoneka zochepa kwa iwo. Koma tikukhulupirira kuti izi zithandizira aliyense kukulitsa mwa kafukufuku wawo chidziwitso cha ntchito za Master, kuti amvetsetse bwino ntchito zake zakuya.
Cheick Anta Diop anali ndani? Sitikokomeza ponena kuti ndi m'modzi mwa asayansi otchuka kwambiri omwe adakhalapo mzaka za zana lino. Anali katswiri wazambiri zophunzitsira, ndipo malinga ndi maphunziro. Cheick Anta Diop ndi m'modzi mwa olemba mbiri ochepa padziko lapansi omwe apanga chiphunzitso cha sayansi cha mbiri yakale. Pachifukwa ichi adakwanitsa kuchita zinthu mosiyanasiyana; ndiko kuti, anali ndi digiri ya master mu "hard" science komanso m'masayansi azikhalidwe ndi anthu.
Cheick ndi yemwe sanalolere Afrika yekha koma dziko lonse lapansi kubwezeretsa chidziwitso chake, kotero kuti pomaliza pake ayambe njira yowyanjanitsa ndi yokha.
Cheick Anta Diop ndi amene adafotokoza mbiri ya Africa, komanso ya Kumadzulo, ku Asia. Ndi iye yemwe mwachitsanzo adawululira za komwe Asemite, Aluya, ndi zina zambiri.
Munali mu 1945 pomwe CAD idaganiza zolembanso mbiri yaumunthu, chifukwa zimamukhumudwitsa. Chifukwa adazindikira msanga mokwanira kuti idadzala ndi malingaliro atsankho, zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti asamapereke chidziwitso chazomwe zachitika pakusintha kwa anthu onse padziko lapansi. Zinali zachilendo kwa iye kuzindikira kuti anthu ena amadzinyadira okha zonse zomwe zidabweretsa kukhazikitsidwa kwachitukuko, ndikuti anthu ena - "Afirika" makamaka - anali "oimitsidwa muusiku wamdima".
Ntchito yake yolemba mbiri yakale yakhala ikuchitika kudzera mu ntchito zazikulu zingapo, imodzi yomwe idatseguka njira “Mitundu ndi zikhalidwe zazing'ono; kuchokera ku Igupto wakale mpaka ku zovuta zakuda za ku Africa lero ”. Timalongosola mwachidwi mutu wonse wa buku lino, chifukwa nthawi zambiri timasonyeza kuti ntchito ya CAD ndi khalidwe lachikhristu, pomwe mutu womwewo wa ntchito yake umasonyeza kuti ndiwotheka ntchito.
Ntchito zotsatirazi, makamaka "Zoyipa zazikhalidwe zaku Negro; nthano kapena chowonadi chambiri ” zomwe zinali m'njira yowonetsera kutsutsa nthawi zina ngakhale zachiwawa kuti ntchito yake yoyamba idadzuka, "Mgwirizano wachikhalidwe cha Black Africa", "Precolonial Africa yakuda", ndi zina zonse zimagwira ntchito momwe CAD yayesera kufotokoza ndondomeko yofunikira kwambiri ya zopereka za mitundu yonse mu ndondomeko yayitali ya chisinthiko cha umunthu. Ayesera koposa zonse kuti abwerere ku Africa malo ake a purveyor osati a moyo okha, komanso a chitukuko. Mosiyana ndi zomwe zinavomerezedwa, ngakhale m'zinthu zotchedwa sayansi. Izi zikutanthawuza, monga tanena kale, kukakamizidwa kwaukali komwe adachitidwa ndi maphunziro omwe adawazunza, ngakhale m'dziko lawo. Izi sizinasokoneze chikhumbo chake chofalitsa monga momwe zingathere zotsatira za kafufuzidwe komwe adavomereza kutsutsa aliyense. Izi zimatsimikizira njira yake yeniyeni. Zomwezo sizikananenedwa ndi ena mwa otsutsa ake akale ndi amasiku ano.
Makonda a ntchito ya CAD afotokozedwa mwachidule munjira zake zofufuzira zosiyanasiyana. Njira yomwe adagwiritsa ntchito mwaluso pomwe adakumana ndi akatswiri padziko lonse lapansi pankhani zamanenedwe, Egyptology, ndi zina zambiri ku Cairo Colloquium ku 1974. Colloquium yomwe cholinga chake chinali kudziwa anthu omwe tiyenera kulumikiza anthu aku Aiguputo, komanso banja lomwe limalankhula zinenero zomwe Aigupto wakale amayenera kuphatikizidwa. Ndikoyenera kukumbukira pano kuti CAD idalengeza kuti ngati zosagwirizana ndi zonse zomwe zotsatira za Msonkhano wa Cairo sizimamukomera, asiya kugwira ntchito ku Egypt wakale. Komano ngati, pamapeto pake, zomwe ntchito yake idakwaniritsidwa zikadapambana malingaliro a anthu akale aku Egypt "Mediterranean, azungu" komanso chilankhulo cha "Afro-Asia" kapena "Semitic", UNESCO, anakonza msonkhanowu zomwe zimabweretsa mavuto onse posintha mabuku apasukulu omwe amatenga malingaliro ake abodza akale ndikuwonongeka chifukwa chodzitukumula; zomwe zilibe malo pankhani yasayansi. Ndizomvetsa chisoni lero kuzindikira kuti ngakhale ntchito ya CAD idapambana mwa ena, mabukuwa sanasinthidwe, ntchito yake idasiyidwabe m'magulu ophunzira ndipo akutsutsidwa chiwembu chokhala chete. Chifukwa chake tikupempha owerenga athu kuti azindikire za lipotilo la colloquium, kuti azindikire kukula kwa chikhulupiriro choipa cha ena omwe amati amaphunzitsa anthu mbiri yake.
Ndizachilendo kuti mpaka pano, pogwira ntchito moyerekeza ndi asayansi, wina amalankhula za Aigupto wakale kuti ndi "Chamito-Semitic" kapena "Afro-Asia" chilankhulo. Ndizachilendo kwambiri kuti m'maphunziro, wina amapitilizabe kufalitsa nthano malinga ndi komwe Greece ndi chiyambi cha chitukuko, demokalase, nzeru, ndi zina zambiri (the chozizwa Chigiriki; ndani mmodzi ngatimadzi Chi Greek). Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti mpaka pano, sitikuzindikira momveka bwino kuti anthu anzeru - m'magawo onse - adakhazikika kuchokera kumalire a Africa, kudera lakummwera chakumpoto. Ndipo izi ngakhale pali umboni wonse wasayansi woperekedwa ndi CAD.
Zachidziwikire kuti kuvomereza izi kumabweretsa misozi, caesura mu psyche ya iwo omwe amadzikweza pazokwaniritsa zonse zaumunthu. Koma izi zitha kukhala zopindulitsa, chifukwa ndi sine qua osati chikhalidwe choyanjanitsira anthu onse ndi mbiriyakale, chifukwa chake ndi iyo yokha. Izi ndi zomwe zidalimbikitsa ntchito ya CAD, osati chidwi chabodza "cholimbikitsa anthu aku Africa" powapatsa mbiri yabwino yongopeka.
Timakhulupirira ndi mtima wonse kuti ngakhale lero, ndizolimbikitsa za CAD zomwe ziyenera kulamulira wofunafuna aliyense woona mtima amene amati akutsatira njira ya Master. Izi ziyenera kukhala zofunikira kwambiri kubweretsa chidziwitso m'madera onse (ndale, chuma, chikhalidwe, sayansi, ndi zina zotero), ndipo sichibwereza chidziwitso cha anthu ena, makamaka ngati chikutsutsana ndi maganizo, mafuko, ndi zina. Ndiye muyenera kutero khalani bwino ndikufalitsa chidziwitsochim'madera onse, m'malo onse.
Chifukwa chake ndichomvetsa chisoni kuti ambiri mwa iwo omwe amadzitcha CAD masiku ano amachita zambiri kuposa kungobwereza, m'malo mochita monga iwo; kudziwa kubweretsa chidziwitso. Timaganiza kuti ngati Ambuye ali moyo, adzakhumudwa kuona momwe ntchito yake siinapweteke ndi kufufuza kwina.
Kotero iyi ndiyitanidwe yomwe timapanga kwa onse šmsw Diop chifukwa choyambirira, ndikupita kuntchito m'malo mochita zinthu mobwerezabwereza zomwe sizikupititsa patsogolo zomwe adagonjetsa moyo wake wonse. Chifukwa pochita zimenezo, tingachite bwino kulemekeza kukumbukira kwake.
Mulole Ka wa Master wathu apumule onse mwamtendere limodzi ndi makolo onse odalitsika ndi omwe atithandizira, ndikuti kuchokera komwe ali, atilimbikitse mobwerezabwereza.
Tshiwala Ngalula Kalengayi
