Mu mwaka wa 1856, mu Ntara ya Virginia muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, ubuzima bw’umukobwa witwaga Elellanar Whitmore bwari bumaze gufatwa nk’ubwarangiye, nubwo yari akiri muto.
Icyo gihe, Elellanar yari amaze imyaka irenga ine yangwa n’abagabo 12 bose baje kumusaba, ariko bakamuhakanira kubera ubumuga bwo kutabasha kugenda.
Bamwe bamwangiye mu buryo bworoheje, abandi mu buryo bukomeye. Bamwe bavugaga ko “atazagenda mu bukwe,” abandi bati “ntazashobora kurera abana,” ndetse hari n’abavugaga ko ashobora kutazigera abyara.
Ibyo byatumye atangira gufatwa nk’udakwiriye gushakwa, ibintu byari bigoye cyane muri sosiyete yo muri icyo gihe.
Ubuzima butari bworoshye ku bagore bafite ubumuga
Muri icyo gihe cya 1850, ubuzima bw’umugore muri Virginia bwari bugoye cyane, cyane cyane ufite ubumuga. Umugore yagombaga kuba ashoboye gukora imirimo yo mu rugo no kurera abana, bitari byoroshye kuri Elellanar.
Ubumuga bwe bwatewe n’impanuka y’ifarasi yagize afite imyaka 8, imusigira ubumuga bwo kudakoresha amaguru. Nubwo yari atuye mu muryango ukize, ibyo ntibyabujije sosiyete kumuca intege.
Icyemezo cyatunguranye cya se
Se, Colonel Richard Whitmore, wari umutunzi ukomeye ufite ubutaka bunini n’abagaragu benshi, yagerageje uko ashoboye ngo umukobwa we abone umugabo, ariko birananirana.
Nyuma yo kunanirwa inshuro nyinshi, yafashe icyemezo cyatunguranye:
Yahisemo kumuha umugaragu witwaga Josiah, wari umucuzi w’ibyuma (blacksmith) ku rugo rwabo.
Nubwo icyo cyemezo cyari kinyuranye n’amategeko n’imyumvire y’icyo gihe, se yumvaga nta yandi mahitamo asigaye.
Guhura kwahinduye byose
Josiah yari umugabo ufite imbaraga zidasanzwe, ariko abantu benshi bamubonaga nk’umunyamahane. Nyamara, inyuma y’iyo sura, hari umuntu ufite ubwenge n’umutima wuje impuhwe.
Mu kiganiro cyabo cya mbere, Elellanar yatunguwe no kumenya ko Josiah ashobora gusoma no gusobanura ibitabo bikomeye nka Shakespeare, nubwo kwigisha umugaragu gusoma byari bitemewe n’amategeko.
Baganiriye ku buzima, ubwisanzure n’uburyo abantu bashyirwaho imipaka n’imyumvire ya sosiyete.
Ni bwo bwa mbere Elellanar yumvise hari umuntu umubona nk’umuntu wuzuye, atamubonye nk’umutwaro.
Urukundo rwavutse mu buryo butatekerezwaga
Nubwo atari ubukwe bwemewe n’amategeko, Josiah yahawe inshingano zo kumwitaho.
Yamufashaga mu buzima bwa buri munsi, ariko buri gihe yubaha icyifuzo cye. Bamaraga umwanya basoma ibitabo, baganira, ndetse Josiah anamwigisha gucura ibyuma.
Ibyo byatumye Elellanar atangira kongera kwiyumva no kubona agaciro ke, ndetse n’urukundo rwatangiye gukura hagati yabo.
Iyi nkuru igaragaza ko urukundo nyarwo rutareba uko umuntu agaragara cyangwa uko sosiyete imushyira mu byiciro, ahubwo rushingira ku kumva no kubaha undi.
Source (Inkomoko)
Iyi nkuru ishingiye ku nkuru z’umuco n’amateka zagiye zivugwa ku mibereho y’abantu mu gihe cy’ubucakara muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika (19th century historical narratives & oral storytelling traditions). Ntabwo ari inyandiko yemejwe mu mateka ku buryo bwuzuye, ahubwo ifatwa nk’inkuru ifite amasomo y’imibereho n’urukundo.
