Mu 1937, mlembi wa ku Denmark Karen Blixen adafalitsa buku la Out of Africa , buku lodziwika bwino lomwe linalongosola mbiri ya moyo wake pa khofi ku Kenya. Bukhuli, lomwe kenako linawonetsedwa ndi filimu ya Sydney Pollack, idayamba ndi mzere wosakumbukira "Ndinali ndi famu ku Africa, kufupi ndi mapiri a Ngong" . Tsopano, famu yomweyo ili ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale za Karen Blixen, zomwe zimathandiza alendo kuti azidzionera okha nkhani ya Blixen.
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Nkhani ya Karen
Atabadwa ndi Karen Dinesen mu 1885, Karen Blixen amalemekezedwa kukhala mmodzi mwa anthu olemba zaka za m'ma 1900. Anakulira ku Denmark koma kenako anasamukira ku Kenya ndi bwenzi lake Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke. Atakwatirana ku Mombasa mu 1914, banja latsopanoli linasankha kupita ku bizinesi yopanga khofi, kugula famu yawo yoyamba kudera la Great Lakes. Mu 1917, Blixens anabweretsa famu yaikulu kumpoto kwa Nairobi . Ili linali famu iyi yomwe potsiriza idzakhala Museum Museum ya Karen Blixen.
Ngakhale kuti famuyi inali pamalo okwera kwambiri omwe ankawoneka kuti ndi okwera kwambiri kuti asamalitse khofi, Blixens anayamba kukhazikitsa munda panthaka yawo yatsopano. Bror, mwamuna wa Karen, sankachita chidwi kwambiri ndi kayendedwe ka famu, ndipo anasiya udindo wake kwa mkazi wake. Anamusiya yekha nthawi zambiri ndipo ankadziwika kuti anali wosakhulupirika kwa iye. Mu 1920, Bror anapempha chisudzulo; ndipo patatha chaka, Karen anakhala mtsogoleri wa famuyo.
M'kalata yake, Blixen adamufotokozera zomwe anakumana nazo pokhala yekha monga mkazi wa gulu lalikulu la makolo, komanso kukhala nawo ndi anthu a ku Kikuyu. Potsirizira pake, inanenanso za chikondi chake ndi wovina masewera wotchuka Denys Finch Hatton - chiyanjano chimatamandidwa ngati imodzi mwa zovuta kwambiri za mbiri yakale.
Mu 1931, Finch Hatton anaphedwa pangozi ya ndege ndipo munda wa khofi unagwidwa ndi chilala, kusagwedezeka kwa nthaka ndi kugwa kwa chuma cha mayiko.
Mu August 1931, Blixen anagulitsa famuyo ndipo adabwerera ku Denmark. Iye sakanati abwerere ku Africa kachiwiri, koma iye anabweretsa matsenga ake ku Out of Africa , poyamba analembedwa pansi pa chinyengo cha Isak Dinesen. Anapitiriza kufalitsa ntchito zina zovomerezeka, kuphatikizapo phwando la Babette ndi Seven Gothic Stories . Atachoka ku Kenya, Karen adadwala matenda ake onse ndipo anamwalira mu 1962 ali ndi zaka 77.
Mbiri ya Museum
Madzi a Blixens amadziwika kuti M'Bogani, famu ya Ngong Hills ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha makonzedwe achikoloni. Inamalizidwa mu 1912 ndi Åke Sjögren yemwe anali injiniya wa Sweden ndipo anagula zaka 5 kenako Bror ndi Karen Blixen. Nyumbayi inkayang'anira mahekitala okwana 4,500, mahekitala 600 omwe adayesedwa kuti ayambe kulima khofi. Karen atabwerera ku Denmark m'chaka cha 1931, mundawu unagulidwa ndi Remy Marin, yemwe anagulitsa malowa pamaphukusi 20 acre.
Nyumbayo inadutsa mumtundu wina wa anthu osiyana mpaka atagulidwa ndi boma la Denmark mu 1964.
A Danes adapereka nyumba ku boma latsopano la Kenya pozindikira ufulu wawo kuchokera ku Ufumu wa Britain, umene unapitilira miyezi ingapo m'mbuyomu mu December 1963. Poyamba, nyumbayo inakhala ngati College of Nutrition, kufikira pakhazikitsidwe filimu ya Pollack Kuchokera mu Africa mu 1985.
Firimuyi - yomwe inayang'ana Meryl Streep monga Karen Blixen ndi Robert Redford ku Denys Finch Hatton - inayamba kukhala yapadera. Pozindikira izi, National Museum of Kenya inasintha kusintha nyumba ya Blixen kukhala yosungiramo zinthu zakale za moyo wake. Nyumba ya Karen Blixen inatsegulidwa kwa anthu mu 1986; ngakhale chodabwitsa, famuyo siyo yomwe imawonetsedwa mu kanema.
The Museum Today
Masiku ano, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale imapereka mwayi kwa alendo kuti abwerere m'kupita kwa nthawi ndikudziŵa kuti Blixen wa Kenya ndi wokongola kwambiri.
Ndi zophweka kulingalira olemekezeka achikatolika akukhala pansi pa teyi pazenera zowonongeka za nyumba, kapena kutsegula zithunzi za Blixen akuyenda kudutsa m'munda kuti alandire Finch Hatton atabwerera kuchokera ku chitsamba. Nyumbayi yabwezeretsedwa mwachikondi, zipinda zake zazikulu zokhala ndi zidutswa zomwe poyamba zidali za Karen mwiniwake.
Ulendo woyendetsedwa umapereka chidziwitso ku moyo wakululu kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 20, komanso mbiri ya kulima khofi ku Kenya. Alendo angathe kuyembekezera kumvetsera nkhani za nthawi ya Blixen pa famu, kuukitsidwa ndi zinthu zaumwini kuphatikizapo mabuku amene kale anali a Finch Hatton ndi nyali imene Karen ankamuuza pamene anali kunyumba. Kunja, munda wokha uli woyenera kuthamangako, chifukwa cha mtendere ndi maonekedwe ake ochititsa chidwi a mapiri otchuka a Ngong.
Chidziwitso Chothandiza
Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakaleyi ili pamtunda wa makilomita khumi / 10 kuchokera pakati pa Nairobi mumzinda wolemera wa Karen, umene unamangidwa pamtunda wotchedwa Marin pambuyo pa kubwerera kwa Blixen ku Denmark. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale imatsegulidwa tsiku lililonse kuyambira 9:30 am - 6 koloko madzulo, kuphatikizapo mapeto a sabata komanso maholide. Ulendo woyendayenda umaperekedwa tsiku lonse, ndipo malo ogulitsa mphatso amapereka zochitika kunja kwa Africa kuphatikizapo zida zamakono ndi zithumwa za Kenyan.