Kambewu: Nkhani ya Wangari Maathai
Gridon Mwale
Maya Marshak
Pamudzi wina womangidwa pamatero ya phiri la Kenya kumwawa
kwa Africa, Kunali kamtsikana kena
dzina lake Wangari. Wangari ndi amai ake anali kugwira ntchito zaminda.
Wangari
anali mtsikana wokonda kucezera
pabwalo. Tisku lina Wangari anagaula mudimba mwao nabzyala tumbewu pansi
pomwe panali potentha kwambiri.
Thawi
imene anali kukonda kwambiri mtsikanayu tsiku lililonse inali pamene dzuwa
litangolowa kumene. Ndipo mudima ukagwira chakuti zomera zamthengo zaleka
kuoneka, Wangari anali kudziwa kuti thawi yopita ku nyumba yafika tsopano. Ndipo
popita kunyumba anali kudzera njira zang’ombe, kuwoloka mitsinje ndi kudutsa
minda mpaka kufika kwao.
Wangari
anali mwana wocenjera kwambiri ndipo anali wofunitsitsa kupita kusukulu
kukaphunzira. Koma makolo ake sanafune kuti kamtsikana aka kaphunzire koma kazikhala
pa nyumba ndi kugwira ncthito. Pamene Wangari anali ndi zaka 7, mukulu wake
wamwamuna anagonjetsa makolo awo pokambirana kuti Wangari apite kusukulu akaphunzire.
Wangaari
anakonda kuphunzira kwambir chotero kuti anaphunzira kopitirira kupyolera mkuwerenga
mabuku osiyanasiyana. Ndipo anakhoza kwambiri pa sukulu chotero kuti anapeza umwayi
wokaphunzira ku dziko lakutali la United States of America. Wangari
anasangalala kwambiri chifukwa anali kufunitsitsa kudziwa zambiri zapa dziko
lapansi.
Wangari
anaphunzira zinthu zambiri pamene anali pa American Univeziti. Anaphunzira pa
zomera ndi mumene zimakulira. Zimenezi zinamukumbutsa mumene anali kusewerera
ndi abale ake mthunzi ya mitengo mthengo laku-dziko lokongola la Kenya.
Pamene
anali kuphunzira tsiku ndi tsiku anazindikira kuti akonda anthu akwao ku
Kenya. Anali kufuna kuti anthu kudziko limeneli tsiku lina akapate ufulu ndi mtendere.
Ndipo anayewa dziko lakwao pamene anapitiliza ndi maphunziro. ake kwakanthawi.
Anabwerera
kudziko lakwao ku Kenya pamane anamaliza maphunziro ake ndipo nthawi imeneyi dziko
la Kenya linali litasintha. Mapulazi akuluakulu anatenga malo ochuluka.
Azimai anali kusowa kotheba nkhuni chifukwa mitengo kunalibe. Anthu anali osauka
ndipo ana anali kuoneka anjala.
Wangari
anali kudziwa chofunika kuchita kuti athetsa mabvuto amenewa: anaphunzitsa
azimai kubzyala mitengo kuchokera kumbewu. Azimai amenewa anayamba kugulitsa
mitengo zao zitakula ndikupeza ndalama zosamalira ma banja awo. Chifukwa
cacimenechi azimai anakhala wokondwera kwambiri ndi Wangari amene anawa
thandiza kuti akhale ndi mphanvu komanso
olimba.
Patapita
zaka zambiri, mitengo zimene zinabzyalidwa zija, zinakula ndi ku panga thengo.
Mitsinje inayambanso kukhala ndi madzi. Mbiri ya Wangari inafika ponseponse
mu Africa. Lerolino, mitengo zamitundumitundu mamilyoni tilikuonazi zinachokera
ku mbewu ya Wangari.
Wangari
anasewenzadi mwamphanvu. Chotero kuti anthu dziko lonse lapnansi anazindikila
ntchito yaikula yomwe anacita, ndipo ana patsidwa mphoto yodziwika kwambiri
padziko lonse lapansi. Mphoto imeneyi inali kutchedwa kuti Kulemekezedwa ndi
Mtendere, ndipo anakhala mkazi woyamba mu Africa kulandila mphoto yotero.
Wangari
anamwalira mu caka ca 2011, koma timamukumbukila tikamaona mtengo wokongola uliwonse
mthengo.
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Kambewu: Nkhani ya Wangari Maathai
Author - Nicola Rijsdijk
Translation - Gridon Mwale
Illustration - Maya Marshak
Language - CiNyanja
Level - First paragraphs
© Nicola Rijsdijk, Maya Marshak, Tarryn-Anne Anderson, Bookdash.org and African Storybook Initiative 2015
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