The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi
The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi | |
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Asali | |
Mawallafi | Arthur Japin (en) |
Lokacin bugawa | 1997 |
Asalin suna | De zwarte met het witte hart |
Ƙasar asali | Kingdom of the Netherlands (en) |
Bugawa | De Arbeiderspers (en) |
Characteristics | |
Genre (en) | historical fiction (en) |
Harshe | Dutch (en) |
Kintato | |
Narrative location (en) | Dutch Gold Coast (en) |
Tarihi | |
Kyautukar da aka karba
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Nominations
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Zukatan Biyu na Kwasi Boachi (De zwarte ya sadu da het witte hart) shine littafin farko na shekarar dubu daya da dari tara da casain da bakwai 1997 wanda marubucin Holland Arthur Japin ya buga. Labarin ya ba da labarin sarakunan Ashanti guda biyu, Kwame Poku da Kwasi Boachi, waɗanda aka ɗauko daga abin da ake kira Ghana ta yau kuma aka ba wa sarkin Holland William II a shekara ta dubu daya da dari takwas da talatin da bakwai 1837 a matsayin wanda zai tsaya musu a harkar kasuwanci tsakanin masarautar Holland da Ashanti. Yaran biyu sun girma kuma sun yi karatu a Netherlands, bayan haka Kwame ya dawo Afirka yayin da Kwasi ya ci gaba da karatunsa a Weimar Jamus sannan ya ɗauki matsayi a cikin Gabashin Indies na Dutch. Littafin labari hoto ne na bayan mulkin mallaka na zamanin mulkin mallaka na Holland. Da sauri ya zama mafi siyarwa kuma an fassara shi a duk duniya, kuma yanzu ana ɗaukar shi adabi na adabin zamani na Dutch.
Fuloti
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Labarin ya zama abin tunawa da Kwasi Boachi ya rubuta a cikin 1900,[1] ɗaya daga cikin sarakunan Ashanti biyu da aka ɗauke daga ƙasarsu zuwa Netherlands a shekara ta alif dubu daya da dari takwas da talatin da bakwai 1837 don samun ilimin Kirista. Yawanci ya dogara ne akan gaskiyar tarihi, kuma an saita wani sashi a cikin Gold Coast na Dutch na karni na goma sha tara. Kwasi da sauran 'yan uwansa yariman Ashanti Kwame Poku suna shan wahala a makarantarsu da ke Delft kuma suna jan hankali daga kotun masarautar, wacce ke kallon yaran a matsayin abin sha'awa kuma, yayin da suke fifita su na ɗan lokaci, ta kasa ba su ci gaba da tallafawa. Kwasi da Kwame suna haɓaka; Kwasi ya zaɓi ya sa kansa cikin al'adun Dutch kuma ya musanta asalinsa na Afirka, yayin da Kwame bai iya daidaita da sabon yanayin sa ba. Ya dawo Afirka, amma ya sami kansa a matsayin wanda ba a so a can kamar yadda ya manta da yarensa na yanzu; mutanen sa ba su yarda da shi ba, wanda bai sake ganin su ba. Kusan shekaru uku ana jira a Sansanin Elmina don neman izinin komawa ga mutanensa yayin da a hankali ya bayyana yana nutsewa cikin rudu, sannan ya kashe kansa. A halin da ake ciki, Kwasi yayi ƙoƙarin neman sa'ar sa a yankin Dutch East Indies amma ya ci tura, saboda sabanin yadda ake nuna wariyar launin fata da kuma son rai da ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin abokan karatun sa, wanda shine babba a Gabashin Indies.[2]
Bayanan baya da abubuwan da zasu biyo baya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Littafin ya dogara ne akan wani ɓangare na matashin kansa mai raɗaɗi na Japin, kuma a wani ɓangare akan binciken tarihi-Japin ya shafe shekaru goma yana bincike kan labari, bayan fage na faɗaɗa (ɗan gajeren lokaci) na fadada mulkin mallaka na Dutch zuwa Yammacin Afirka.[3][4] Ayyukan littafin suna faruwa a Afirka, Weimar, da Netherlands.
A yayin bincikensa, Japin ya ci karo da labarin Badu Bonsu na II, wani basaraken Ghana wanda ya yi tawaye ga masu mulkin mallaka na Holland a shekara ta dubu daya da dari takwas da talatin da bakwai 1837 kuma aka kashe shi aka yanke kansa, bayan haka aka tura kan sa zuwa Netherlands. Japin ya gano kan a shekara ta alif dubu biyu da biyar 2005, a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Leiden (LUMC).[5][6] A watan Maris na shekara ta 2009, jami'an gwamnati sun ba da sanarwar cewa za a mayar da ita kasarsu don binne ta da kyau,[7][8] alkawarin da aka cika a ranar ashirin da ukku 23 ga watan Yuli shekara ta alif dubu biyu da tara 2009, bayan wani biki da aka yi a Hague.[9]
Tarba mai mahimmanci
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Littafin ya kasance nasara nan take a cikin Netherlands,[10][11][12] kuma yanzu ana ɗaukar shi adabi na adabin Dutch na zamani. An yaba fassarar turancin ta a cikin New York Times a matsayin "Littafin farko na arziki da haɗari na Japin", "littafin ɗan adam mai zurfin tunani game da wani abu mai ban mamaki";[13] kuma ta Heidi Benson a cikin San Francisco Chronicle a matsayin "labari na gaskiya, cikakke kuma ɗan adam yayi zato, kuma wannan shine ma'aunin nasarar Japin."[14] An kuma sake nazarin littafin a Ghana; wani mai bita a cikin The Statesman ya rubuta: "Tare da karin magana mai sauƙi kuma mai raɗaɗi, Japin yana iya ɗaukar tabbataccen ɗaukar muryar wani adadi na tarihi, don haka yana haskaka zunuban da suka gabata na ƙasar marubucin, har ma da na dogon lokaci- mutu Ashanti sarki."[15]
Fassara da daidaitawa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An fassara shi da Ingilishi a matsayin Zukatan Biyu na Kwasi Boachi shekar alif dubu biyu (2000)[13] da Fotigal a matsayin O preto de coração brancoe shekarar alif dubu biyu da ukku (2003).[16] A watan Nuwambar shekara ta alif dubu biyu da bakwai 2007, wasan kwaikwayo da aka kafa a kan labarin da aka fara gabatarwa a Rotterdam, tare da libinto na Ingilishi na Japin da kiɗa daga mawaƙan Burtaniya Jonathan Dove.[17][18][19]
Duba Kuma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Manazarta
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(help) - ↑ Benson, Heidi (21 January 2001). "Growing Around the Pain of Cultural Dislocation Novel hits home in the story of two 19th century African princes raised in Holland". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ "Rev. of The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi". The Statesman. 2 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ↑ "Presentatie O preto de coração brancoe van Arthur Japin en A canção sublime de um talvez van Arjen Duinker". Novas Vozes. 22 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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