“Umzabalazo Wokuba Khona” ususelwa ezikhathini zasendulo osifundisa ukubhekana neqiniso elibuhlungu lokuphila. Kodwa ngemva kweqiniso, kukhona amaqiniso acashile ababayo angasihlupha unomphela. Ukuze sizuze ukufezeka okunjalo kwesintu, kufanele sibheke emuva kokunye izithombe zomlando ezidume kakhulu ezisitshela ukuthi inani langempela lokuphila lingaba malini. Futhi lapha singathola umqondo ofanayo kwesinye isithombe esidumile esibizwa ngokuthi “Inqe Nentombazane Encane”, okukhombisa isimo esidabukisayo somfana obulawa yindlala - ekuqaleni okukholakala ukuthi yintombazane - ehlaselwa inqe.
Lesi sithombe esihlasimulisa umzimba siphinde saziwa ngokuthi “Intombazane Ezamazamayo” futhi saqala ukuvela e-South Africa umthwebuli wezithombe u-Kevin Carter ohambweni lwakhe lokuya eSouth Sudan. I-New York Times ngoMashi 26 ka-1993, owanyikinya umhlaba wonkana.
Kwaphakanyiswa izinkulungwane zemibuzo ukwazi ukuthi ngabe ingane encane isindile yini futhi abaningi baze bathinta iNews Paper Authority. Kodwa leli phephandaba liphendule ngencwadi ebhalwe phansi engathandeki ethi, "ingane ithole amandla anele okusuka enqe kodwa isiphetho sayo besingaziwa!"
Kwakungavunyelwe neze ukuthi izintatheli eSudan zithinte izisulu zendlala ngokugwema ingozi yokudlulisa izifo. Ngakho-ke, uCarter wayengeke enze lutho ngengane empofu eyashiywa ngabazali bayo ikhetha ukudla ku Izizwe Ezihlangene' indiza eseduze.
UCarter uvumile ukuthi walinda imizuzu engama-20 ukuthi inqe liphume lize lingasuki, wathatha isithombe angasoze salibaleka walixosha inqe.
Kodwa-ke, uCarter wagxekwa kakhulu ngokungayisizi ingane elahlekile. I-St. Petersburg Times yabhala lokhu ngaye: "Indoda elungisa ilensi yayo ukuze ithathe uhlaka olufanele lokuhlupheka kwayo ingase futhi ibe yisilwane esidla inyama, enye inqe endaweni yesigameko."
ibhokisi uwine Umklomelo wePulitzer ngo-1994 ngalesi sithombe sesithombe esingonakali kodwa wangakwazi ukusithokozela ngoba wazisola ngokungayisizi ingane elusizi. Lesi sithombe besimkhathaza futhi ekhathazeke kakhulu emoyeni kangangokuthi ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva ngoJulayi 27 ka-1994, wazibulala ngobuthi be-carbon monoxide eneminyaka engama-33, washiya inothi elibalulekile lokuzibulala kanye nezingxenye zencwadi ezazifundeka kanje:
“Ngiyaxolisa ngempela. Ubuhlungu bempilo bunqamula injabulo kuze kufike ezingeni lokuthi injabulo ayikho. … Ecindezelekile… engenafoni… imali yokuqasha… imali yesondlo sezingane… imali yezikweletu… imali !!! … Ngihlushwa izinkumbulo ezicacile zokubulawa kwabantu nezidumbu nentukuthelo nobuhlungu… bezingane ezibulawa indlala noma ezilimele, izihlanya ezibajabulisayo, imvamisa amaphoyisa, ababulali ababulali… Ngiye ukujoyina uKen uma nginenhlanhla enjalo. ”
Umugqa wokugcina bekukhulunywa ngozakwabo osanda kudlula emhlabeni uKen Oosterbroek.
