Zappo Zap
| Yankuna masu yawan jama'a | |
|---|---|
| Jamhuriyar dimokuradiyya Kwango |
Zappo Zaps gungun mutanen Songye ne daga yankin Gabashin Kasaï a cikin abin da a yau ke Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo . Sun kasance kawayen hukumomin kasar Congo Free State, yayin da suke cinikin hauren giwa, roba da bayi. [1] A cikin 1899 gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta aika da su don karɓar haraji. Sun kashe mutanen kauyuka da dama, lamarin da ya janyo cece-kuce a kasashen duniya. [2]
Rayuwar al'ada da al'adu
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A cewar ɗan mishan William Henry Sheppard, mutanen Zappo Zap duk suna da fuskokin tattooed kuma sun shigar da haƙoransu zuwa maki masu kaifi. Sun yi ado ne kawai cikin guntuwar rigar dabino na minti biyu. Suna ɗauke da dogayen mashi da kiban ƙarfe na guba. Makamansu na ƙarfe ya ba su damar yin yaƙi, kuma idan aka yi amfani da su da bindigogi fa'idar ta kasance mai mahimmanci. [3] Sun kuma yi amfani da gatura na yaƙi da aka fi sani da Nzappa zap ko zappozap, wanda ya ba su suna. [4]
Zappo Zaps sun yi aiki a matsayin 'yan haya ga duk wanda ke kan mulki. Tun kafin zuwan Turawa sun yi ta kai hare-hare kan bayi, suna kona kauyuka, wani bangare na cin gawarwakin wadanda aka kashe, suna sayar da daruruwan bayi ga Swahili - Larabawa 'yan kasuwa a kowace shekara don musayar bindigogi, alburusai da sauran kayayyaki da aka kera. [3]
Kamar Songye gabaɗaya, Zappo Zaps ba su taƙaita cin naman su ga bukukuwan bukukuwa ba, kamar yadda wasu al'adu suka yi. A maimakon haka sai suka ci naman ɗan adam saboda ɗanɗanonsa, suna la'akari da shi a matsayin abinci mai daɗi. [3] [5] Ban da cin wadanda suka kashe a fada, sukan yanka wasu bayi da suka kama. A kasuwanci ba su sha wahala sosai ba saboda wannan al'ada tunda darajar bawa ba ta kai ta alade ba. [3] Sai dai bayan fada ko farmaki, lokacin da aka samu gawarwakin da ba za a iya ci ba, babu abin da ya lalace, kuma dukkan sassan jikin dan Adam da ake ci gaba daya sun cinye, gami da kwakwalwa da kwallin ido. An gasa naman, ko soyayye kamar naman alade. [3] [5]