Kwenzekani kuMichael Rockefeller ngemva kokuba isikebhe sakhe sigingqika eduze kwasePapua New Guinea?

UMichael Rockefeller waduka ePapua New Guinea emuva ngo-1961. Kuthiwa waminza ngemva kokuzama ukubhukuda waze wayofika ogwini esikebheni esasigingqikile. Kodwa kukhona okusontekile okuthakazelisayo kuleli cala.

Iziphathimandla zamakoloni amaDashi endaweni manje ebizwa ngokuthi i-Indonesia zazinqande ukufinyelela endaweni ekude ngenxa yamandla ayo njengendawo yokutshala izitshalo zemali. Ukuhlukaniswa kwaholela ekutheni izikhulu zaseDashi zimemezele ukuthi indawo “ayihambi,” futhi le ndawo yayivalwe abantu bangaphandle.

I-Asmat emfuleni i-Lorentz, eyathwetshulwa ngesikhathi sohambo lwesithathu lwaseNingizimu New Guinea ngo-1912-13.
I-Asmat emfuleni i-Lorentz, eyathwetshulwa ngesikhathi sohambo lwesithathu lwaseNingizimu New Guinea ngo-1912-13. © Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Lokhu kuhlukaniswa kuphinde kwakwenza kwaba indawo ekahle yokuthi umuntu waseMelika osemusha, othanda ukuzijabulisa anyamalale ngaphandle komkhondo. Yilokho kanye okwenzeka lapho indodana ka-Nelson Rockefeller inyamalala ngesikhathi esohambweni lwesifunda.

Ukunyamalala okungajwayelekile kukaMichael Rockefeller

UMichael C. Rockefeller (1934-1961) elungisa ikhamera yakhe eNew Guinea, amadoda asePapua ngemuva.
UMichael C. Rockefeller (1934-1961) elungisa ikhamera yakhe eNew Guinea, amadoda asePapua ngemuva. Wanyamalala ngesikhathi ebhukuda © Everett Collection Historical / I-Alamy

UMichael Clark Rockefeller wayeyindodana yesithathu kanye nengane yesihlanu yePhini likaMongameli waseMelika uNelson Rockefeller. Futhi wayengumzukulu ka-John Davison Rockefeller Sr. owayengomunye wabasunguli be-Standard Oil. UMichael, owathweswa iziqu eHarvard, wayesohambweni oluya ePapua, eNew Guinea e-Indonesia. Waya lapho ukuyoqoqa ubuciko bakudala futhi athathe izithombe zabantu besizwe sase-Asmat.

NgoNovemba 17, 1961, uRockefeller noRené Wassing (isazi sesayensi yezinto eziphilayo saseDashi) cishe babeqhele ngamakhilomitha amathathu ukusuka ogwini ngesikhathi isikebhe sabo sigingqika. Ngokweminye imibiko, uRockefeller waminza ngemuva kokuzama ukubhukuda waze wayofika ogwini esuka esikebheni sakhe ebesigingqikile. Ngenkathi abanye bechaza ukuthi ngandlela thize wakwazi ukubhukuda waze wayofika ogwini, kodwa lokho bekuwukubona kwakhe okokugcina. Ngisho nangemva kokusesha okwathatha amasonto amabili okuhlanganisa izindiza ezinophephela emhlane, imikhumbi, izindiza, nezinkulungwane zabantu, uRockefeller akatholakalanga. Kwakuwukuzingela okukhulu kunakho konke okwake kwethulwa eNingizimu Pacific.

UNelson Rockefeller ongubaba kaMichael Rockefeller
UNelson Rockefeller, umbusi waseNew York, ubambe isithangami sabezindaba eMerauke mayelana nokunyamalala kwendodana yakhe uMichael Rockefeller © Image Credit: Gouvernements Voorlichtingsdienst Nederlands New Guinea | I-Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Kusukela uMichael Rockefeller oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala anyamalala emakhoneni akude kakhulu emhlabeni, kwasabalala amahlebezi mayelana nekusasa lakhe. Kwadala imibono eminingi yokukha uzungu okuhlanganisa nalena okuthiwa wabulawa kuyo wadliwa amazimuzimu efuna ukuziphindiselela kwabelungu ngokuhlaselwa kwamaDashi endaweni yawo. UMichael Rockefeller kwathiwa ushonile ngokomthetho eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kokunyamalala kwakhe, ngo-1964. Kodwa indaba ayigcini lapha.

Indoda engaziwa ezithombeni

Cishe eminyakeni engu-8 kamuva, kwatholakala isithombe, lapho phakathi kwesixuku sabantu besizwe sama-headhunter anesikhumba esinsundu esasizungeza ejikeni lomfula waseNew Guinea, kwakungabonwa indoda enesikhumba esimhlophe enqunu futhi enentshebe. Ubuso bakhe bumbozwe upende wempi njengoba egwedla ngolaka.

UMichael Rockefeller
Lesi sigameko esihlaba umxhwele saqoshwa ngo-1969 eduze nendawo lapho, eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ngaphambili, isekela lozalo lukaRockefeller - umndeni ocebe kakhulu, onamandla kunawo wonke emlandweni wase-US - lalahleka, okwabangela ukuzingela okukhulu kunakho konke okwake kwethulwa eSouth Pacific. © Umthombo Wesithombe: YouTube

Ukubonakala kobuso obumhlophe phakathi kwesixuku samazimu asePapua bekuyomangalisa ngezikhathi ezinhle kakhulu. Kodwa ezimeni lapho lesi sithombe sishuthwe khona, singase sithakazelise kakhulu kodwa sixake ingqondo.

Ngokumangazayo, izithombe zefilimu ezivubukulwe ngendlela exakile zomgibeli omhlophe ongaqondakali ziphakamisa into engenzeka emangalisayo. Kunokuba abulawe futhi adliwe, ingabe lo mMelika owayefunde e-Harvard wenqaba ukuphila kwakhe okuphucuzekile wajoyina isizwe samazimuzimu? Abathandabuzayo bathi ukube isizwe samazimuzimu simthola ngabe simdlile.

Amazwi wokugcina

Impicabadala yokunyamalala kukaRockefeller iye yathakazelisa abantu amashumi eminyaka, futhi akukabi nampendulo eqondile. Nokho, inkolelo-mbono yokuthi wajoyina isizwe samazimu inikeza ilensi ethakazelisayo ongabuka ngayo indaba yakhe. Noma ngabe kwenzekani kuMichael Rockefeller, ukunyamalala kwakhe kusengenye yezimfihlakalo ezithakazelisa kakhulu zesikhathi sethu. Ucabanga ukuthi kwenzekani kuMichael Rockefeller?