Sf lo mkhuba usaqhubeka nanamuhla, kusazi sezokuhlalisana kwabantu uJuliette Smeralda, umbhali wendatshana ye-anthropological elandelela ukuthuthukiswa kwezithombe zabantu abamnyama nabangamaNdiya abahlakazekile (1), umphakathi waseNtshonalanga ubeka amakhodi obuhle (isikhumba esilungile, izinwele eziqondile) abafanele abesifazane abamnyama. Ingcindezi eyazwakala kusukela esemncane: "ukuchayeka njalo kwentombazane emnyama idoli lasentshonalanga ubungozi bokushintsha ubuhlobo bayo obusondelene uqobo ". Noma kunjalo barbies imibala ivele emakethe yamathoyizi, "ukuthungwa kwezinwele, izici zobuso zihlala zinde neCaucasoid." ICinderella, Pocahontas, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland… Kusukela ezindabeni zezingane ezidume kakhulu kuya kumafilimu eDisney, zonke izindaba zicabanga uhlobo olufanayo lwamaqhawekazi: ama-brunette, ama-blondes noma ama-redheads, anezinwele ezinde, eziqondile.
Phendukela kuzithonjana zobuhle ezimnyama? Ngisho edume kakhulu, njenge UNkk Naomi Campbell, musa ukweqa amakhodi abekiwe. “Abamnyama baphila ezweni lapho bengazange bayibeke khona imithetho,” kwengeza uJuliette Smeralda. Ukwenqatshwa kwezinwele ezibandayo ngabantu abamnyama nakho kuchazwa ukulahleka kwefa. Njengoba lezi zigqila zaziqhamuka e-Afrika futhi ziphucwe yonke impahla yazo, zazingakwazi ukudlulisa imfundiso yokulungisa izinwele ”. Ithrekhi efundwe nguDoctor Willie L. Morrow, emsebenzini wakhe osihloko sithi Iminyaka engu-400 ngaphandle kwenqwaba.
Umbuzo wokuzazi ngamasiko
Ukubuya kwe-Afro bese kugcizelela isifiso esithile sokugomela ubuzwe bakho, indlela yokuthatha imvelaphi yomuntu. "Ngizizwa njengami", kuqinisekisa uCaroline, inabukeni iminyaka emibili. Njengaye, abaningi baye baluzwa lolu shintsho olungokwemvelo njengesambulo. “Ngazizwa ngikhululekile lapho ngiqonda ukuthi inkimbinkimbi yami yayivelaphi” kuthulula isifuba omunye umguquli. “Uma ugqoka izinwele zakho ngokwemvelo, kuyisikhathi futhi lapho unentshisekelo ngezimpande zakho, ngesiko lakho,” kwengeza uQita, naye ongumlandeli wale nhlangano. Futhi, ngaphandle kombuzo wokuthi acabange kabusha ukuqondisa izinwele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaleso sikhathi wenqaba ngokoqobo ukuthintwa izinwele, ngisho nokutshelwa ngakho. "Ngazizwa nginamahloni, ukuqaphela ukufihla imvelo yami yangempela". Nokho, kwaze kwaba yilapho eseneminyaka engu-22 kuphela lapho anquma khona ukuyeka ukwelashwa okushelelayo. Futhi abaningi yilabo abenqaba ukucwila, bethatha ubunzima bokunakekela izinwele ze-Afro njengezaba. Ngokungavumelani okuphelele, uJuliette Smeralda uthi lena "indlela yokucasha ngemuva kwenkinga". Isazi sezokuhlalisana kwabantu siyanezela ukuthi “kulukhuni ukungabaza isithombe esase sibonakala esibukweni isikhathi eside. Ungacabanga ukudumala kosopolitiki besifazane abamnyama uma bephoqeleka ukuthi ngelinye ilanga bagqoke izinwele eziphophozelayo?