Ku Cape Town 's Table Bay, Robben Island ndi imodzi mwa zochitika zofunikira kwambiri ku South Africa. Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati coloni, makamaka kwa akaidi a ndale. Ngakhale kuti ndende zowonjezera zowonjezereka zatsekedwa tsopano, chilumbacho chikhalire chodziwika chifukwa chokhala m'ndende kwa Nelson Mandela, yemwe kale anali mtsogoleri wa dziko la South Africa. Ambiri omwe amatsogolera maphwando monga PAC ndi ANC adagwidwa pamodzi naye.
Mu 1997 Robben Island inasandulika nyumba yosungiramo nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, ndipo mu 1999 idatchulidwa kuti ndi malo ofunika kwambiri a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yakhala chizindikiro chofunikira kwambiri ku South Africa yatsopano, kuwonetsera kupambana kwabwino pa choipa, ndi demokarasi pa chisankho. Tsopano, alendo amatha kupita ku ndende pa Robben Island Tour, motsogoleredwa ndi akaidi omwe analipo ndale omwe poyamba adakumanapo ndi zoopsya za pachilumbacho.
Zojambula Zojambula
Ulendowu umatha pafupifupi maola 3.5, kuphatikizapo ulendo wamtunda wopita ku Robben Island, ulendo wa basi wa chilumbachi ndi ulendo wa ndende yotetezeka kwambiri. Matikiti amatha kusindikizidwa pa intaneti, kapena kugula kuchokera ku makiti a tiketi ku Nelson Mandela Gateway ku Victoria ndi Alfred Waterfront . Ma tikiti amatulutsidwa kunja, choncho ndi bwino kuwerengera pasadakhale kapena kukonzekera ndi woyendayenda wamba.
Mtsinje wa Robben Island umachoka ku chipatala cha Nelson Mandela, ndipo nthawi zimasintha malinga ndi nyengo.
Onetsetsani kuti mufike pakapita mphindi makumi awiri kutsogolo kwanu, chifukwa muli chionetsero chochititsa chidwi ku nyumba yosindikizira yomwe imapereka mbiri yabwino ya mbiri ya chilumbachi. Kuchokera kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, chilumbacho chathandizanso kukhala ngati khate komanso chida cha asilikali.
Mphepete mwa Ferry
Ng'ombeyo ikupita ku Robben Island imatenga pafupifupi mphindi 30.
Zitha kukhala zovuta kwambiri, kotero anthu omwe akudwala matenda ozunguza nyanja ayenera kulingalira kumwa mankhwala; koma malingaliro a Cape Town ndi Table Mountain ndi ochititsa chidwi. Ngati nyengo imakhala yoipa kwambiri, zitsulo sizidzayenda ndipo maulendo adzachotsedwa. Ngati mwasandutsa ulendo wanu pasadakhale, perekani musemuyo ku +27 214 134 200 kuti muonetsetse kuti akuyenda.
Ulendo wa Bus
Ulendowu umayamba ndi ulendo wa maola ola limodzi wa chilumbachi. Panthawiyi, wotsogolera wanu adzayamba nkhani ya mbiri ya chilumbachi ndi zachilengedwe. Mutha kuchoka pa bwalo pamalo oponyera miyala omwe Nelson Mandela ndi anthu ena apamwamba a ANC akhala zaka zambiri akugwira ntchito mwakhama. Pakhomoli, wotsogoleredwayo adzatsimikizira phanga limene laphatikizidwa ngati chipinda chosambira cha akaidi.
Anali m'phanga ili omwe akaidi ophunzitsidwa bwino amaphunzitsa ena kuwerenga ndi kulemba pozembera mu dothi. Mbiri, ndale ndi biology zinali zina mwa maphunziro omwe anaphunzitsidwa pa "yunivesite ya ndende", ndipo akuti mbali yabwino ya malamulo a South Africa tsopano inalembedwa kumeneko. Ndi malo okha omwe akaidi adatha kuthawa maso a alonda.
Pakatikati ya Ndende yotetezera
Pambuyo pa ulendo wa basi, mtsogoleriyo adzakutsogolerani kundende yotetezeka kwambiri, kumene akaidi oposa 3,000 akhala akugwira ntchito kuyambira 1960 mpaka 1991.
Ngati woyendetsa bwenzi wanu pa basi sanali mkaidi wandale, ndondomeko yanu yokonzekera gawoli. Kumadzichepetsa kwambiri kumva nkhani za moyo wa ndende kuchokera kwa munthu amene adziwona yekha.
Ulendowu umayambira pakhomo la ndende kumene amunawa anagwiritsidwa ntchito, atapatsidwa zovala za ndende ndikupereka selo. Maofesi a ndende akuphatikizapo "ndende" ya ndende ndi ofesi yolembera komwe kalata iliyonse yomwe inatumizidwa ndi kuchokera kundende idawerengedwa. Wotsogolera wathu adalongosola kuti ankakonda kulemba makalata panyumba pogwiritsira ntchito slang kwambiri momwe angathere, kotero kuti anthu osokoneza bongo sakanatha kumvetsa zomwe zinalembedwa.
Ulendowu umaphatikizanso ulendo wobwerera ku bwalo kumene Mandela adakakhala m'munda wamaluwa. Panali pano pamene mwachinyengo anayamba kulemba mbiri yake yotchuka Long Walk to Freedom .
Kuwona Maselo
Pa ulendo iwe udzawonetsedwa mwa osachepera mmodzi mwa magulu a ndende. Pano, mungathe kuwona mabedi a akaidi ndikumva masiketi ndi zofunda zowopsya. Mu chipika chimodzi, pali chizindikiro choyambirira chomwe chikuwonetsera zosowa za tsiku ndi tsiku. Chitsanzo chabwino cha tsankho lachigawenga, magawo a chakudya adapatsidwa kwa akaidi omwe ali ndi khungu lawo.
Mudzapitsidwanso ku selo limodzi limene Mandela anakhalamo, ngakhale kuti akaidi ankasunthidwa nthawi zonse chifukwa cha chitetezo. Ngakhale kuti kuyankhulana pakati pa maselo a communal kunaletsedwa, mudzamvanso kuchokera kwa mtsogoleri wanu momwe akaidi amadza ndi njira zowonetsera kuti apitirize nkhondo yawo ya ufulu kuchokera m'ndende za ndende.
Mtsogoleri Wathu
Mtsogoleri wotsogoleredwa pa tsiku limene tinkapita anaphatikizidwa ku Soweto Mliri wa 1976 ndipo anamangidwa ku Robben Island mu 1978. Pamene adadza, Nelson Mandela adakhala kale pachilumbachi kwa zaka 14, ndipo ndende yaikulu yotetezedwa inali adadziwika kukhala woipa kwambiri m'dzikoli. Anali mmodzi mwa amuna omalizira kuti achoke kundende pamene adatseka zitseko zake mu 1991.
Anali kugwira ntchito mwakhama ndi Robben Island Museum. Anadodometsa momwe kubwerera pachilumbachi kudzakhala, kunena kuti masiku ochepa chabe ogwira ntchito anali osasimbika. Komabe, adapanga sabata yoyamba ndipo tsopano akutsogolera zaka ziwiri. Komabe, amasankha kusakhala pachilumbachi monga ena mwa malangizo ena. Akuti zimamveka bwino kuchoka pachilumba tsiku lililonse.
NB: Ngakhale kuti malangizo a Robben Island sadzafunsira zothandizira , ndi chizoloŵezi ku Africa kuti tipempherere zabwino.
Nkhaniyi idasinthidwa ndikulembedwanso mbali ndi Jessica Macdonald pa Oktoba 7, 2016.