Gidan kayan tarihi na Red Location ya zama babban abin jan hankali na yawon bude ido

Ko da lokacin da yanayi ya yi zafi, cikin gidan kayan tarihi na Red Location a Port Elizabeth a kudancin Afirka ta Kudu yana da sanyi. Kayan aikin an yi shi ne da ƙarfe mai shuɗi, baƙin ƙarfe mai oxidized da siminti. Fuskar bangon sa na kusurwa yana tunawa da yawancin masana'antu da ke lalata birnin, wanda shine cibiyar masana'antu na kasuwancin motoci na Afirka ta Kudu.

“Wannan gidan tarihin, a cikin zane da baje koli, yana nuna gaskiyar gwagwarmayar wannan yanki da wariyar launin fata. Gwagwarmayar ba ta kasance mai dumi da rana ba; ya yi zafi. Ya kasance kamar lokacin sanyi mara ƙarewa, "in ji Chris du Preez, mai kula da kuma mukaddashin darekta na cibiyar, wanda ya sami lambobin yabo na gine-gine na duniya da dama.

Lallatattun hanyoyin tafiya na ƙarfe suna rataye a kan baƙi, suna ƙarfafa tunanin gidan yari. Akwai ƴan launuka masu haske don jawo hankali ga abubuwan baje koli a cikin Gidan kayan tarihi na Red Location, inuwar launin toka kawai. Kusurwoyi suna fitar da inuwar duhu. Babu kafet don tausasa matakai akan benayen dutse. Sautuna suna jin baƙar magana ta cikin ƙananan sassa.

D. Taylor
Wani kallo na sararin samaniya na Gidan kayan tarihi na Red Location, wanda ke cikin sabon garin Port Elizabeth mai bazuwar New Brighton… Wannan shine farkon irin wannan abin tunawa a duniya da aka gina a tsakiyar ƙauyen ƙauye…
"Tare da wannan sararin samaniya, masu zanen kaya sun so su haifar da yanayi mara dadi, damuwa; kusan kamar an keɓe ka da sauran duniya idan ka shigo nan,” in ji Du Preez. "Kaɗai, wanda aka zalunta, an tsare…."

Ya kara da cewa, “Tsarin masana’antar kamar yadda ake gani daga waje don girmama kungiyoyin ma’aikatan Port Elizabeth ne, wadanda ta hanyar tarzomar masana’antu da yajin aikin suka taka rawa wajen kawo karshen mulkin wariyar launin fata…. Kuma, a, gidan kayan gargajiya ya kuma yi kama da gidan yari, don girmama duk waɗanda ke cikin wannan yanki da gwamnatin wariyar launin fata ta ɗaure tare da kashe su. "

Akwatunan ƙwaƙwalwa

Ma'ajiyar ta zama sananne a duniya a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan tunawa da haƙƙin ɗan adam a duniya. Da shiga, maziyartan suna fuskantar ƙaton ɓangarorin siminti. Dutsen monoliths na nuna manyan hotuna na mayaka masu adawa da wariyar launin fata - wasu har yanzu suna raye, wasu kuma sun daɗe da mutuwa - waɗanda ke aiki a Red Location, ƙauyen matalauta wanda ke gidan gidan kayan gargajiya. Ana ba da labarun masu fafutuka a kan takarda a ƙarƙashin hotunansu.

A cikin wasu nune-nunen, abubuwan da suka faru a cikin gida da suka tabbatar da cewa sun kasance masu juya baya a yakin da ake yi da fararen fata ana isar da su ta kalmomi, hotuna da sauti. Yayin da wani baƙo ke gabatowa hoton layin 'yan sanda farare masu hular kwalkwali, suna fuskantar baƙar fata da makamai riqe da bindigogi masu sarrafa kansu, kuka mai raɗaɗi da zuciya ke fitowa daga mai magana a sama.

Kukan da aka firgita na wakiltar wasu daga cikin wadanda abin da ake kira "Kisan Langa ya rutsa da su." A shekarar 1985, bayan jana’izar, jami’an tsaron wariyar launin fata sun bude wuta kan taron makoki a hanyar Maduna da ke kusa da garin Langa, inda suka kashe mutane 20.

Amma wuraren da aka gina gidan kayan gargajiya manya-manyan “akwatunan ajiya” ne guda 12, tsayin mita 12 da 6 da aka yi daga karfen jajayen jajayen karfe da mazauna wurin suka yi amfani da shi tsawon shekaru da dama don gina rumfunansu, kuma daga inda “Red Location” ke daukar sunansa.

"Kowane akwati na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya yana nuna tarihin rayuwa ko hangen nesa na mutane ko ƙungiyoyin da suka yi yaƙi da tsarin mulkin wariyar launin fata," in ji Du Preez.

A cikin akwatin ajiyar ajiya don girmama Vuyisile Mini mai fafutuka, igiya ta rataye a saman rufin. A shekara ta 1964, ƴan ƙungiyar ƙwadago ta Port Elizabeth ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mambobin majalisar dokokin Afirka na farko (ANC) da gwamnatin wariyar launin fata ta kashe. Mai ba da labari ya ba da labarin Mini; yana bunƙasa daga masu magana da zarar baƙo ya sa ƙafafu a cikin ginin da ya lalace.

Ba gidan kayan gargajiya na 'al'ada' ba…

Matsayin gidan kayan gargajiya yana da matuƙar alama. A yankin Red Location ne, a farkon shekarun 1950, tsohon shugaban kasa Nelson Mandela ya tsara “M-Plan” don tsara ‘yan jam’iyyar ANC zuwa wata hanyar sadarwa ta karkashin kasa baki daya. A nan ne, a farkon shekarun 1960, jam’iyyar ANC ta fara daukar makami don yakar gwamnatin wariyar launin fata a lokacin da ta kafa reshen farko na reshen sojanta, Umkhonto we Sizwe, ko “Spear of the Nation.” Kuma a cikin shekarun 1970 zuwa 1980, Red Location ya ga munanan fadace-fadace tsakanin bakaken fata da sojoji farar fata da 'yan sanda.

Duk da haka duk da kyakkyawan wurin da cibiyar ta ke dangane da alamar tarihi, kwararre kan al'adun gargajiya Du Preez ya ce gidan kayan gargajiya yana fuskantar kalubale tun daga farko. A shekara ta 2002, lokacin da gwamnati ta fara gina shi, al'ummar yankin - su kansu mutanen da suka ci gajiyar aikin - sun kaddamar da zanga-zangar adawa da shi.

“An samu ‘yan matsaloli saboda al’umma sun bayyana rashin gamsuwarsu. Suna son gidaje; Ba su da sha'awar gidan kayan gargajiya," in ji Du Preez.

Wani abin da ya kara dagula juriya, in ji shi, shi ne gaskiyar cewa ga yawancin bakaken fata na Afirka ta Kudu gidan kayan gargajiya ya kasance "ra'ayin kasashen waje sosai… A da, gidajen tarihi da irin wannan nau'in al'adun sun iyakance ga farar Afirka ta Kudu."

Jami’in ya ce yawancin bakaken fata ‘yan Afirka ta Kudu har yanzu ba su san menene gidan kayan tarihi ba.

“Yawancin mutanen da ke kusa da nan sun yi tunanin cewa za mu sami dabbobi a nan. An tambaye ni akai-akai lokacin da na fara (aiki a nan), 'Yaushe za ku kawo dabbobi?' Wasu mutane har yanzu suna shigowa nan suna tsammanin ganin dabbobi, kamar wannan gidan namun daji ne!” yayi dariya.

Duk cikin rudani da adawa, aikin ya tsaya cik tsawon shekaru biyu. Amma da gwamnatin lardi ta gina wasu gidaje a Red Location kuma ta yi alƙawarin za a sake ginawa.

An gina gidan kayan gargajiya kuma an ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 2006, amma ba da daɗewa ba sababbin ƙalubale suka bayyana.

Abin ban tsoro, 'masu sabani' memorial

Du Preez yayi bayanin, "Wannan shine gidan kayan gargajiya na farko (a cikin duniya) wanda a zahiri ya samo asali ne a tsakiyar gari (talakawa). Wannan yana haifar da matsaloli iri-iri. Misali, karamar hukuma ce ke sarrafa gidan kayan gargajiya saboda haka ana kallonta a matsayin cibiyar gwamnati….

Wannan yana nufin cewa lokacin da mazauna yankin ba su gamsu da isar da sabis na jiha ba, kamar yadda sukan yi, suna buga ƙofar Du Preez. Ya yi dariya da bacin rai, “Lokacin da mutane suka sami matsala (da gwamnati) kuma suna son yin zanga-zanga ko nuna fushinsu, suna yin hakan a gaban gidan kayan gargajiya!”

Du Preez don haka ya kwatanta wurin a matsayin "ba gidan kayan gargajiya na yau da kullun ba" da "madaidaicin hadaddun, har ma da sarari mai sabani." Ya yarda cewa abin mamaki ne a ce wani abu da aka gina don girmama fafutuka shi kansa ya zama makasudin gwagwarmayar al’umma.

Kamar yadda mutanen Red Location suka yi yaki don kawar da gwamnatin wariyar launin fata, haka kuma suke ci gaba da yakar zaluncin da gwamnatin ANC mai ci ta yi ... ta hanyar amfani da gidan kayan tarihi a matsayin wurin zama.

Du Preez, duk da haka, ya fahimci dalilin da yasa mutanen da ke zaune a kusa da cibiyar sukan nuna fushinsu a wurarenta.

“Wasu daga cikin wadannan mutane har yanzu suna zama a cikin rumfuna a nan; har yanzu suna amfani da tsarin guga (saboda ba su da bayan gida); suna amfani da famfo na gama gari; rashin aikin yi ya yi yawa a wannan fanni,” inji shi.

Maziyarta 15,000 kowane wata

Amma Du Preez ya dage cewa gidan kayan tarihi na Red Location yanzu ya sami karbuwa sosai a wurin al'ummar yankin, duk da zanga-zangar adawa da gwamnati akai-akai a kan dalilansa.

“Ba ma bukatar… tsaro a wannan yanki. Ba mu taba samun hutu a nan ba; ba mu taba samun matsala ta fuskar aikata laifuka a nan ba. Domin mutane suna kare wannan wuri; wurinsu ne,” in ji shi.

Ana samun shaidar karuwar shaharar wurin a cikin alkaluman baƙi. Suna nuna mutane har 15,000 suna ziyartar ta kowane wata. Yawancin wadannan maziyartan, in ji Du Preez, matasa ne farar fata ‘yan Afirka ta Kudu. Hakan ya kara karfafa masa gwiwa.

“Ba sa ganin launi kuma. Ba su da wannan (wariyar launin fata)… Suna nuna sha'awar tarihin gwagwarmaya; suna motsa su kamar yadda kowane yaro baƙar fata ke motsa shi,” in ji Du Preez.

A wajen gidan kayan tarihi akwai hayaniyar ɗimbin injin niƙa, jackhammers da drills. Ma'aikata suna hawan sa. Ana ci gaba da fadada babban taron tunawa da wariyar launin fata. Ana gina cibiyar fasaha da makarantar fasaha, da kuma ɗakin karatu na dijital na farko a Afirka. Anan, masu amfani - ta hanyar kwamfutoci - nan ba da jimawa ba za su sami damar yin amfani da littattafai da sauran hanyoyin samun bayanai waɗanda ke cikin tsarin dijital gaba ɗaya, suna hanzarta bincike da koyo.

Ta hanyar duk canje-canje a da kalubalen da ke ci gaba da gudana zuwa Gidan Tarihi na Red Location, Du Preez ya tabbata cewa zai ci gaba da zama wurin da za a yi zanga-zangar nuna adawa da jihar. Kuma ya ce yana da “lafiya gaba ɗaya” da wannan.

Ya yi murmushi, "Ta wata ma'ana, zanga-zangar ta zama nune-nune - kuma shaida ce cewa Afirka ta Kudu ta zama dimokuradiyya."