Kukhala mayi ku South Africa: Umboni wa Zentia

Zentia (wazaka 35), ndi amayi a Zoe (wazaka 5) ndi Harlan (wazaka 3). Wakhala ku France kwa zaka zitatu ndi mwamuna wake Laurent, yemwe ndi wachi French. Anabadwira ku Pretoria komwe anakulira. Iye ndi katswiri wa urologist. Amatiuza momwe amayi amakhalira amayi ku South Africa, dziko lomwe anabadwira.

Umboni wa Zentia, mayi waku South Africa wa ana a 2

"'Mwana wanu amangolankhula Chifalansa?', Atsikana anga a ku South Africa amadabwa nthawi zonse, pamene amacheza ndi anzathu ku France. Ku South Africa kuli zilankhulo khumi ndi chimodzi ndipo aliyense amadziwa ziwiri kapena zitatu. Mwachitsanzo, ndinkalankhula Chingelezi ndi amayi, Chijeremani ndi bambo anga, Chiafrikaans ndi anzanga. Pambuyo pake, ndikugwira ntchito m’chipatala, ndinaphunzira chinenero cha Chizulu ndi Chisotho, zinenero ziŵiri zogwiritsiridwa ntchito kwambiri mu Afirika. Ndi ana anga, ndimalankhula Chijeremani kuti ndisunge cholowa cha bambo anga.

IZiyenera kunenedwa kuti South Africa idakalipo, ngakhale kutha kwa tsankho (ulamuliro wa kusankhana mitundu unakhazikitsidwa mpaka 1994), mwatsoka ukadali wogawanika kwambiri. Angerezi, Afirika ndi Afirika amakhala padera, pali mabanja osakanikirana ochepa. Kusiyana pakati pa olemera ndi osauka n’kwambiri, ndipo sikuli ngati ku Ulaya kumene anthu ochokera m’madera osiyanasiyana amasonkhana m’dera limodzi. Ndili wamng’ono, azungu ndi akuda ankakhala motalikirana. M'madera oyandikana nawo, m'masukulu, m'zipatala - kulikonse. Zinali zoletsedwa kusakaniza, ndipo mkazi wakuda yemwe anali ndi mwana wokhala ndi ndende yoyera anali pangozi. Zonsezi zikutanthauza kuti South Africa ikudziwa kugawanika kwenikweni, aliyense ali ndi chikhalidwe chake, miyambo yake ndi mbiri yake. Ndimakumbukirabe tsiku limene Nelson Mandela anasankhidwa. Zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri, makamaka chifukwa kunalibe sukulu ndipo ndinkatha kusewera ndi Barbies wanga tsiku lonse! Zaka zachiwawa izi zisanachitike zidandizindikiritsa kwambiri, nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti tidzaukiridwa ndi munthu wokhala ndi zida za Kalashnikov.

Ndinakulira m’dera la azungu, pakati pa Angerezi ndi Afirikani. Ku Pretoria, komwe ndinabadwira, nyengo imakhala yabwino nthawi zonse (m'nyengo yozizira ndi 18 ° C, m'chilimwe 30 ° C) ndipo chilengedwe chimakhalapo kwambiri. Ana onse a m’dera lathu anali ndi nyumba yaikulu yokhala ndi dimba ndi dziwe, ndipo tinkakhala panja nthawi yambiri. Makolo adatikonzera zochita zochepa kwambiri, amayi adasonkhana pamodzi ndi amayi ena kumacheza ndipo ana amatsatira. Nthawi zonse zimakhala choncho! Amayi a ku South Africa amakhala omasuka ndipo amathera nthawi yambiri ali ndi ana awo. Ziyenera kunenedwa kuti sukulu imayamba ali ndi zaka 7, kale ndi "kindergarten" (kindergarten), koma sizovuta monga ku France. Ndinapita kusukulu ya mkaka ndili ndi zaka 4, koma masiku aŵiri okha pamlungu komanso m’maŵa. Mayi anga sanagwire ntchito kwa zaka zinayi zoyamba ndipo zimenezo zinali zachilendo, ngakhale kulimbikitsidwa ndi achibale ndi mabwenzi. Tsopano amayi ambiri akubwerera kuntchito mofulumira, ndipo izi zasintha kwambiri chikhalidwe chathu chifukwa dziko la South Africa ndi losunga mwambo. Sukulu imathera 13 koloko madzulo, ndiye ngati mayi akugwira ntchito akuyenera kupeza nanny, koma ku South Africa ndizofala komanso sizikwera mtengo. Moyo wa amayi ndi wosavuta kuposa ku France.

Ndi ife, "braai" ndi malo enieni!Iyi ndi barbecue yathu yotchuka yomwe imatsagana ndi "sheba", mtundu wa saladi ya tomato-anyezi ndi "papa" kapena "mielimiel", mtundu wa chimanga polenta. Ngati muitana munthu kuti adzadye, timapanga braai. Pa Khirisimasi, aliyense amabwera ku braai, pa Chaka Chatsopano, kachiwiri braai. Mwadzidzidzi, ana amadya nyama kuyambira miyezi 6 ndipo amaikonda! Chakudya chawo chomwe amakonda kwambiri ndi "boerewors", soseji wachikhalidwe cha ku Africaans wokhala ndi cilantro youma. Palibe nyumba yopanda braai, kotero ana alibe menyu yovuta kwambiri. Chakudya choyamba cha ana ndi "papa", chomwe chimadyedwa ndi "braai", kapena chotsekemera ndi mkaka, monga phala. Sindinawapatse ana, koma m'mawa amadya phala la polenta kapena oatmeal. Ana a ku South Africa amadya akakhala ndi njala, kulibe zokhwasula-khwasula kapena maola okhwima a nkhomaliro kapena chakudya chamadzulo. Kusukulu kulibe canteen ndiye akatuluka amakadyera kunyumba. Itha kukhala masangweji osavuta, osati oyambira, maphunziro apamwamba komanso mchere monga ku France. Tsopano tikulankhula zambiri.

Zomwe ndasunga ku South Africa ndikulankhula ndi ana. Mayi kapena bambo anga sanalankhulepo mawu achipongwe, koma anali okhwimitsa zinthu kwambiri. Anthu a ku South Africa sauza ana awo, monga anthu ena a ku France, “khala chete!”. Koma ku South Africa, makamaka pakati pa Afirika ndi Afirika, kulanga ndi kulemekezana n’kofunika kwambiri. Chikhalidwe ndi hierarchical kwambiri, pali mtunda weniweni pakati pa makolo ndi ana, aliyense m'malo mwake. Ndi china chake chomwe sindinasunge pano, ndimakonda mbali yocheperako komanso yokhazikika. “

Mafunso a Anna Pamula ndi Dorothée Saada