“Things Fall Apart” for 50 Cent: Chinua Achebe Blocks Movie Title

My university years were characterized by my internal struggle to find myself. Who knew that choosing courses was more than just ‘getting’ an education and a good job? This internal struggle was caused by a yearning to learn more about myself and my culture.

Ngikhumbula le ntombazane 'emhlophe' ikhuluma nengifunda nayo ekilasini nge-Afrika nentuthuko yase-Afrika futhi izinto eziningi ekhuluma ngazo bengingazazi. Ngikhumbula ngihlezi lapho ngimbuka ngenjabulo kwase kuthi lapho ngifikelwa umuzwa wecala ngokungazelelwe. Ngaqala ukubuza ukuthi kungani mina, umuntu – ngenkathi kungeyona eyase-Afrika ngqo kepha ebonakalayo ye-Afrika nge-orijin, ngangingenalo ulwazi ngezwe lakithi lokhokho; nokho umuntu 'omhlophe', obonakala ebonakala ekude kakhulu ne-Afrika kunami, ngangazi okuningi kakhulu ngezwekazi kunami? (Kufanele ngicacise ukuthi ngiyakubona ukungazi kwami ngokuba nombono ongaqondakali wale ntombazane njengoba kukhona ama-Afrika 'amhlophe' nokuthi lo muntu ngawo wonke ama-akhawunti kungenzeka abe ngumAfrika 'ongaphezulu' kunami- umuntu onezimpande zomuntu siqu nezomzali eziseCaribbean.)

Ngaphandle kokungazi kwami okuphawuliwe, Nginqume ukuqala indlela yokufunda ngezimpande namasiko ami. Lokhu-ke kwangishukumisela ukuba ngibhalisele izifundo zezincwadi zase-Afrika lapho uprofesa, naye okwenzeka ukuthi abe ‘mhlophe’, kwangivumela ukuthi ngingaqondi nje kuphela i-Afrika futhi kuyisiko, kodwa futhi kukhuthaze uthando ngempilo namasiko ase-Afrika. Ngosuku lokuqala, uprofesa wasinikeza isilabhasi yezifundo futhi wasixwayisa ukuba senze indlela yethu ngokushesha esitolo sezincwadi njengenoveli yokuqala ohlwini, Izinto awe Ngaphandle nguChinua Achebe, kwakufanele kufundwe yikilasi elilandelayo. Ngokuvamile, Angikaze ngigijimele esitolo sencwadi ngosuku lokuqala, ingasaphathwa eyamasonto ambalwa okuqala amakilasi. Kwakuminyene kakhulu, ama-line-up okuthola imali ezincwadini ayemade kakhulu, kanye njengoba kusho u-Adele, “Nginenhliziyo eguqukayo” futhi lokhu kusho ukuthi ngangivame ukushintsha umqondo nezifundo zami. Nokho, ‘Me been dey pan a mission’ futhi ngifuna ukuba nalelo zinga elifanayo neliphakeme kakhulu lolwazi nge ‘motherland’ njengentombazane eshiwo ngenhla.

Isitolo sezincwadi besigcwele kakhulu ngakho nginqume ukungena ku-inthanethi ngiyobheka ukuthi bangaba naso yini. Ngamangala, incwadi yayikhona yonke indawo! Kungenzeka kanjani? Incwadi ekhuluma nge-Afrika ngumbhali wamanoveli wase-Afrika echazwe njenge-‘classic’? UChinua Achebe uhlonishwa njengo “baba wezincwadi zesimanje zase-Afrika”? Ngazizwa ngingenalutho, ukungazi, ongafundile, okungekho emhlabeni nakho konke okunye okuhle umuntu angakucabanga ukuchaza izinga lami lokungazi. Ngemuva kokuqeda lokhu kushaqeka kokuqala, Ngi-odile incwadi futhi yamukelwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. Le ncwadi ichazwe ku-inthanethi njenge "ukunikela okungenakuphikiswa kwempilo yobuzwe baseNigeria ngaphambi nangemva kokufika kwekoloniyalizim." Kuvalwa ngokumemezela ukuthi “Izinto Ziyahlukana uphakamisa isibhakela esinamandla njengoba u-Achebe ebambe incithakalo yomuntu oyedwa oqhoshayo ukumela ukubhujiswa kwesiko lonke. ”

Ngazo zonke izibuyekezo engizifunde emqondweni, Benginethemba elikhulu ngale ncwadi. Kwake kwaba kanye empilweni yami yaseyunivesithi ngangilangazelela kakhulu i-Afrika namasiko ayo. Ngemuva kokuqala ukufunda le ncwadi, Ngangesaba. Kuphile ngokuvumelana nokulindela kwami nokuningi! Yize kubhekwa njenge ‘fiction,’Le ncwadi isaphumelele ukukhanyisa ngempilo yaseNigeria, umphakathi namasiko. Kungenze ngafuna ukucwaninga futhi ngifunde kabanzi ngamasiko namasiko aseNigeria kanye nomthelela wobukoloniyali empilweni.

Ngokunikwa umthelela le ncwadi ebinayo kimina njengomuntu omusha emibhalweni yase-Afrika, akumangazi ukuthi Izinto Ziyahlukana ifundiswa kumakharikhulamu emhlabeni wonke. I-classic okufanele ithokozelwe futhi igcinwe ekuhlonipheni okuphezulu kakhulu kunamanye ama-classical literary afana ne- IGatsby Enkulu ngu-F. UScott Fitzgerald, Impi Nokuthula nguTolstoy nabanye. Thus, lapho kusanda kudalulwa ukuthi i-multi-platinum ethengisa umrepha, umlingisi nosomabhizinisi 50 UCent uzame ukukhipha ifilimu ngomdlali webhola laseMelika otholakale enomdlavuza obizwa ngokuthi 'Izinto Ziwa Ngaphandle,’Angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngalingabaza izinga lakhe lolwazi ngokubaluleka nokubaluleka kwencwadi yesimanjemanje yakudala ezimpilweni zaseNigeria nezase-Afrika jikelele, umlando nezincwadi. Akaboni yini ukuthi ukuthengisa amalungelo esihloko sale noveli kufana nokuthengisa ingxenye ebalulekile yomlando wase-Afrika?

Ngenkathi 50 UCent unikezwe izigidi zamadola, ngokwenza kanjalo athola cishe yonke into ayitholayo ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo, usanda kufunda ukuthi ezinye izinto, akukhathaleki ukuthi imali nobude buyigugu kangakanani. Lapho esondela ‘kubaba wezincwadi zase-Afrika’ wamnikeza $1 million ngokushintshana ngamalungelo esihloko, Ithimba lezomthetho le-Achebe liphendule ngokwenza 50 UCent uyazi ukuthi “Inoveli enesihloko esishiwoyo yaqale yakhiqizwa ngo- 1958 (that is 17 iminyaka ngaphambi komrepha 50 UCent wazalwa),”Nokuthi le noveli kwaba “Ibhalwe njengencwadi efundwa kakhulu emibhalweni yesimanje yase-Afrika, futhi ngeke kuthengiswe ngisho $1 izigidigidi. ”

50 UCent mhlawumbe akakujwayelanga ukungabi nalokhu akufunayo futhi akakuqondi ukuphendula okuqinile kokuzivikela kuka-Achebe esicelweni sakhe. Nokho, mhlawumbe uma efunda le ncwadi, waqala umkhankaso wokufunda kabanzi ngomlando namasiko okhokho bakhe nokubona ukubaluleka komlando namasiko ale noveli, uzosibheka kabusha isinqumo sakhe sokucela amalungelo esihloko ekuqaleni.