Wahala a afrika

Wahala a Afirka abin tunawa ne na 1817 na James Riley. Littafin ya ba da labarin yadda Riley da ma'aikatansa suka kasance bayi a Afirka bayan da jirgin ruwa ya tarwatse a shekara ta 1815. Riley shi ne Kyaftin na jirgin ruwan kasuwanci na Amurka. Ya jagoranci ma’aikatansa ta cikin hamadar Sahara bayan da jirgin ya nutse a gabar tekun yammacin Sahara a watan Agustan 1815. An buga littafin a shekara ta 1817 kuma an fara sa masa suna Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce ta "Late Master and Supercargo" James Riley, wanda aka sake bugawa na zamani a matsayin Wahala a Afirka, kuma ya fara saukowa zuwa ga bautar mu a Afirka.

Wannan labari na gaskiya ya bayyana yadda jirgin ruwa ya rutsa da su, da irin wahalar da suka sha a cikin hamadar sahara. An rasa a cikin wannan duniyar da ba a sani ba, Kyaftin Riley ya ji alhakin ma'aikatansa da amincin su. Ya ba da labarin abubuwan da suka kai ga kame su da ‘yan fashin ‘yan asalin kasar Sahrawi suka rike su a matsayin bayi. Mummunan wulakanci, an buge su, sun kone su, sun ji yunwa, aka tilasta musu shan fitsarin nasu da na rakumi. Bawa za a yi aiki har ya kusa mutuwa, sannan a yi ciniki ko a kashe shi

Takaitacciyar makirci

Lokacin da aka sauka a cikin kwale-kwalen da ke cikin jirgin, Riley da ma'aikatansa sun fara yin gyare-gyare don komawa cikin jirgin, maimakon fuskantar ceto a hamada. Gyaran da aka yi bai cika ba lokacin da wani dan kasar dauke da mashi ya zo ya taimaka wa kanshi da kayansu kadan. Bayan ya cika hannuwansa da abin da zai iya dauka, ya fita ya dawo tare da wasu guda biyu dauke da mashi. Riley ya zauna baya don ya raba hankalin Larabawa kuma ya ba mutanensa damar tserewa a cikin kwale-kwalen da aka ɗorawa da ba a gama ba.

Sun yi hakan, amma ba tare da Riley ba, wanda ya ba wa waɗanda suka kama shi kuɗi don musanya rayuwarsa. Tare da yarjejeniyarsu, ma'aikacin jirgin Antonio Michele ya yi iyo zuwa bakin teku don biyan su, a lokacin Riley ya shiga cikin ruwa don shiga cikin mutanensa. Bayan da Riley ya tsira a cikin jirgin, duk abin da zai iya yi shi ne kallo yayin da wani Balarabe yaOren, Michael. "To the Shores o caka wa Michele wuka a ciki kuma.