Khar’Ka-Umgcini weMillennia

Wanceda ekudaleni uBuntu ukuze aphumelele imfazwe. Kangangezigidi zeminyaka, yaba ngumgcini wayo yedwa.

Xa i-Spulves ishiya i-Blue World, i-Khar’Ka inikwe umsebenzi wokugqibela: ukuhlala eMhlabeni, ukujonga ukuvela kweentlobo ezintsha, kwaye ulumkise abantu bayo ukuba abantu baba yingozi. Engavumelekanga ukuba aphazamise, kufuneka achithe iwaka leminyaka kumagumbi okunqunyanyiswa, evuka kuphela ukuvavanya inkqubela yovavanyo.

Kodwa ukususela ekuvukeni kokuqala, i-Khar’Ka iyaqonda ukuba kukho into engalunganga.

Abantu abazange basinde nje kuphela kodwa baqalisa ukusasazeka kulo lonke ihlabathi. Phakathi kwabo kukho igazi le-Montarion, umntu ongaqhelekanga owakhulula amabanjwa okuqala kwiibhubhoratri ze-Spulves waza wachaza ukubuya kwalowo wayemnike igama lakhe. Okukhona i-Khar’Ka iphanda lo mnombo, kokukhona ifumana iziganeko ebekungafanelanga ukuba zibekho: iisimboli ezikrolwe phambi kwempucuko eyadalayo, imiyalezo ebhalwe ngeelwimi engekazalwa, kunye neziprofeto ezibonakala ziyalazi ikamva.

Kuyo yonke iminyaka, i-Khar’Ka ibukele ukuzalwa nokuwa kwempucuko. Ibona iindwendwe ezivela kwiinkwenkwezi zizibonakalisa njengoothixo, ubukhosi babantu buguqulwa baba zizixhobo zemfazwe yangaphandle, kunye namandla obugqi alwela ukongamela emhlabeni. Ayikwazi ukuhlala ingakhathali, iqala ukuphula imiyalelo ye-Spulves, ukukhusela abantu, ukutshabalalisa imikhosi eyimfihlo kunye nokucima kwimbali imikhondo yabo bafuna ukugqilaza uBuntu.

Ungenelelo ngalunye, nangona kunjalo, lumsondeza kakhulu koko woyika kakhulu: ukuba ngumngcatshi emehlweni abantu bakhe.

Iinkulungwane kamva, phakathi kwamaMaya, i-Khar’Ka ifumana ilitye elidala kunalo naliphi na ixesha lokuhamba elaziwayo. Igama elingenakwenzeka libhalwe kuyo: José Monteiro. Igama lendoda elabhalwa kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba kubekho iPortugal, ulwimi lwesiPhuthukezi okanye ihlabathi apho yayiza kuzalelwa khona.

Ukufunyanwa kuqala ukukhangela okuya kuwela amazwekazi kunye newaka leminyaka. Imibutho eyimfihlo yoluntu iba ziindlalifa zolwazi lwe-Khar’Ka. Abanye bafunga ukukhusela isiprofeto sikaMontarion; abanye bakholelwa ukuba i-José iya kuba noxanduva lokuphela kweNdalo yonke kwaye ifune ukuthintela ukuzalwa kwayo. Okwangoku, iintshaba ezindala zibuya, oothixo bobuxoki baphinda bafumane amandla, kwaye i-Spulves iqala ukukrokrela ukuba umlindi wabo uyekile ukuba ngumbukeli.

Njengoko uluntu lungena kwinkulungwane yeemfazwe, oomatshini kunye nezixhobo ezikwaziyo ukutshabalalisa iplanethi, i-Khar’Ka ijongene nombuzo wayo omkhulu: ngaba iintlobo ezikhuselweyo kwizigidi zeminyaka zifanelwe ngokwenene ukuphila?

Impendulo iya kuza xa abadali bebuyela kwiBlue World ukuze bagqibezele ityala eliqale ekuqaleni koBuntu. Ejongene nesongelo sokutshatyalaliswa, iiNdlalifa zeMfihlo zikhangela indoda egama layo liwele ixesha, ngelixa i-Khar’Ka ifumanisa ukuba i-Montarion ayizange ibe yigazi nje.

Ngumjikelo. Kwaye i-José Monteiro sisiganeko apho yonke iMbali ilungiselela.

Ehlulwe phakathi kokunyaniseka kubantu bakhe kunye nothando lweentlobo azibonileyo zikhula, i-Khar’Ka kuya kufuneka yaphule isifungo esamgcina engumbanjwa woMhlaba kwaye yenze ukhetho lokugqibela: ukunikezela ngoBuntu kubadali bayo okanye ukuqala imfazwe ekwaziyo. ukugxeka zonke iimpucuko afungele ukuzikhusela.

Ngenxa yokuba i-Khar’Ka yayishiywe eMhlabeni ukuze ithathe isigqibo sokuba uBuntu bufanele bufe nini. Kodwa abadali bayo abazange bacinge ukuba uya kufunda ukukholelwa kuyo.