Arthur Greene
Impi kaVanessa Nakate yokulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu yaqala ngokuhola abafowabo embukisweni onesizotha. Manje, oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala uhola impi yase-Uganda yokulwa nenkinga yesimo sezulu.
Ephethe izingqwembe ezineziqubulo ezinjengokuthi “Izihlahla zibalulekile kithi”, “Imvelo ingukuphila” nesithi “Siyabonga ngokufudumala komhlaba wonke”, uNakate nabafowabo abaneminyaka eyishumi nomunye oneminyaka eyi-14 bahambe emgwaqeni yase-Kampala ngoMgqibelo ntambama.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili uNakate ungesinye sezishoshovu zesimo sezulu esihamba phambili emhlabeni, futhi kuleli sonto uvele eceleni kwesishoshovu sezulu esineminyaka eyi-18 ubudala, uGreta Thunberg, kwi-Cop26 eMelika.
Ngemuva konyaka enza imibhikisho emincane ngaphandle kwesakhiwo sephalamende e-Kampala, uNakate waqala ukudonsa amehlo kwabezindaba zendawo kanye nezinye izishoshovu, eziningi zazo ezazizinze emazweni omhlaba.
Ekuqaleni konyaka wezi-2020, waduma ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, waba nengxoxo nosaziwayo wase-Hollywood u-Angelina Jolie ngesidingo samazwi ase-Afrika engxoxweni mayelana nesimo sezulu.
UNakate uphinde wasungula i-RiseUp movement, inhlangano efundisa ngomthelela omubi ukufudumala komhlaba okwenzayo e-Afrika futhi isebenzise izindaba zalabo aseke bathinteka ngalokhu.
Ukuphakama kukaNakate kwesimo sezulu esishisayo kulandisa encwadini yakhe ethi-A Bigger Picture, ekhishwe kuleli sonto.
Encwadini, ubuye axoxe ngokuthi inkinga yesimo sezulu ixhuma kanjani nezinkinga abantu abaningi base-Uganda ababona lokhu njengento eqonde bona.
“Isimo sezulu sifaka izigidi zabantu enhluphekweni enkulu,” kusho uNakate etshela leli phephandaba. “Amantombazane ayaphoqwa ukuba ashade.”
Usanda kuguqukela ekubeni yi-Vegetarian.
“Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukuba isishoshovu, ngangingazi okuningi kudalwa umthelela wenyama nemikhiqizo yobisi,” usanda kutshela i-Financial Times.
“Ngingathanda ngempela ukuba ngihlezi ngizidlela imifino,” esho, ngemuva kokuthi kungase kuthukuthelise abazali bakhe uma engabaphakeli inkukhu.
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