'Yan Afirka ta Yamma sun jimre da bauta na tsawon shekaru 400, lokacin 15 miliyan an kama ’yan Adam da karfi aka sayar da su ga bauta. A wannan zamanin, manyan cibiyoyi na duniya da na addini sun dauki bayi a matsayin wadanda ba su fi dabbobi ba, amma mutanen yammacin Afirka na zamani suna kallon gaba, suna daukar falsafar yin afuwa amma ba za su manta ba.
Ba kamar sauran ƙasashe na farko na duniya ba, inda masu fafutuka ke ƙoƙarin kawar da abubuwan da suka faru a baya ta hanyar lalata abubuwan tarihi da kuma sake fasalin tarihi, 'yan Afirka sun fahimci cewa mantawa shine ɓata tunani da sadaukarwar kakanninsu. Abubuwan tunawa da abubuwan da suka faru a baya suna aiki duka a matsayin abin tunawa da gargaɗi game da haɓakar ƴan ta'adda da masu fafutuka don hana wasu 'yancin kai.
A cikin wani daki mai haske na gidan kayan gargajiya Kasa da Brasil a Ouidah, Benin, wani kwatanci da ke kwance a ƙarƙashin gilashin kariya na wani akwati da aka lalata ya ba da mabuɗin kafa tsarin cin zarafin ɗan adam. Bautawa da ƙananan hanyoyi na danniya ba za su iya faruwa ba sai tare da haɗin gwiwar cibiyoyi daban-daban da kuma ƙetaren ikirari na cewa waɗannan ayyuka suna da gaskiya.
Zane ya nuna mahalarta daban-daban da ke cikin cinikin bayi, duk waɗanda suka yi aiki tare don samun riba daga mummunar cinikin fataucin ɗan adam-wakilan kambi na Portuguese, 'yan kasuwa masu arziki, limamin Katolika, bayin Afirka daga kabilar Dahomey, firist na ƙungiyar voodoo python, da kuma bayan fage, da banki da inshora sha'awar da ke haifar da babban jari da rarrabuwar haɗari, wanda a cikin ƙarni da yawa ya ba da damar ciniki don faɗaɗa da ci gaba.
Duk suna zaune a sama da bayi, waɗanda suke durƙusa a kan ƙasa mai ƙaƙƙarfan ƙasa tare da ɗaure hannuwansu da ƙafafu da bakunansu. Waɗannan lokuta ne na ƙarshe a Afirka, yayin da suke jiran a sayar da su sannan a kai su cikin ƙugiya zuwa Ƙofar Babu Komawa, inda ake jigilar su a matsayin kayan ɗan adam zuwa yankunan Portuguese a cikin Sabuwar Duniya.
A cikin abin da ya kasance na Ouidah tsohuwar kasuwar bayi, Cathedral na Immaculate Concepcion, Temple na Voodoo na Pythons, da gidan gidan de Souza suna zaune a kusa da kusa kuma suna zama abin tunatarwa game da kasancewar haɗin gwiwar hukumomi da yawa.
Sunan mahaifi ma'anar De Souza. Felix de Souza, wani ɗan kasuwa na Afro-Brazil, ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin manyan dillalan bayi a tarihin cinikin bayi na Transatlantic. Masarautar bayi na iyali tana jin daɗin dangantaka mai jituwa da ƙabilun Afirka da ke kusa, waɗanda da son rai ya shiga a cikin kamawa, sufuri, da kuma sayar da sauran kabilun Afirka.
A Ghana da ke kusa, tsohon Kogin Gold Coast, manyan gidaje biyu, da wuraren tarihi na UNESCO, sun kasance abin tunawa ga 'yan Afirka da aka sayar da su cikin bauta, sannan aka yi musu dukan tsiya, da yunwa, da fyade, da azabtarwa don mika wuya. Fotigal ya gina St. George Castle a cikin 1482 a Elmina don kiyaye manyan hanyoyin sufurin jiragen ruwa na Afirka ta Yamma kuma daga baya aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin wurin ajiye bayin da aka shigo da su daga Benin a madadin zinari da hauren giwa.
The Dutch An kama gidan a cikin 1637 kuma tsawon shekaru 177 a karkashin kulawar Kamfanin Dutch West India Company an yi jigilar bayi kimanin 30,000 a kowace shekara ta Ƙofar Babu Komawa zuwa Brazil da Caribbean. An san su da bayi marasa tausayi, duk da haka mutanen Holland sun haɓaka dangantaka mai kyau da ƙabilun Afirka na gida waɗanda suka haifar da cinikin bayi. A lokacin da ake tsare bayin an tsare su a cikin ƙazanta, cunkoson gidajen kurkuku da sel azabtarwa a cikin zafi mai zafi a cikin cikakkiyar ra'ayi na cocin Holland wanda ya kasance Katolika a zamanin Portuguese.
Daga nan kusa Cape Coast Castle Birtaniya sun gudanar da cinikin bayi mai ban sha'awa, kuma kamar mutanen Holland, ana amfani da su caret kamfanoni don gudanar da kasuwanci. Duk da cewa Biritaniya sarauta ce ta majalisar dokoki bisa tsarin shari'a, amma yadda take mu'amala da bayi ba karamin zalunci ba ne kamar na magabata. A yunƙurin halatta kasuwancin da bai dace ba na bautar ɗan adam, cocin Anglican yana tsaye a cikin katangar katangar da mita kawai daga ƙofar gidan kurkuku.
A zamanin da shigar da addini ya zama tushen tsarin mulkin Turawa, ba a ba wa bayi damar tuba ba, tun da wannan aikin ya ta da matsalar ɗabi’a game da bautar ’yan’uwa Kiristoci. Sanya 'yan Afirka a matsayin arna marasa rai, waɗanda suka wuce fansa, sun ba da hujjar ɓata ɗan adam.
A halin yanzu, 'yan Afirka ta Yamma ba su kawar da rashin adalci da cin zarafi da aka yi a baya ba. Sun fahimci nau'ikan laifuffuka masu yawa na tarihi, amma saboda annashuwa hane-hane kan 'yancin faɗar albarkacin baki da kuma sha'awar samun 'yancin kai, sun mai da hankalinsu ga tauye hakkin tsoffin shugabannin mulkin mallaka da shugabannin 'yan asalin waɗanda amincinsu na farko ba su dace da ƴan ƙasa da suke yi wa hidima ba.
A cikin 2006 lokacin da Faransa ta hadu da Portugal a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya na FIFA, Magoya bayan Togo sun yi ta murna ga Portuguese, duk da abubuwan da suka faru a baya. Irin wannan ita ce ƙiyayyar da ake yi Faransa, wadanda suka ji haushi da rashin yarda da sanya mulkin mallaka mai taushi, inda ake samun albarkatun kasa bisa farashi mai rahusa, dokokin banki da kudi suna ba da muradun kasashen waje, kuma an mayar da 'yan Afirka cikin talauci na dindindin ta hanyar hana su samar da makamashi mai arha. A karkara Togo kuma kasar Benin rashin layukan wutar lantarki na da ban mamaki kuma yana haifar da sakamakon da ba a yi niyya ba na sare dazuzzuka don samar da bukatun yau da kullun na karuwar jama'a.
A wani birni mai nisa da babban birnin kasar, wani hazikin dan kasar Togo ya rike wayar salula gaba daya kuma ya bayyana cewa tana wakiltar 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki: abokan gaba na farfaganda da hanyoyin yada bayanan da ke raya farfagandar yammacin Afirka. 'Yan Afirka suna sha'awar damar da za su buga wani kwas mai cin gashin kansa wanda ya ki amincewa da ilimin halin dan Adam, rashin jin dadinsa, da kuma dogon tarihin mulkin mallaka. 'Yancin fadin albarkacin bakinsa shi ne majiɓinci daga magudi da kuma dabarar da azzalumai suka fi so na wasa da motsin rai da hargitsa wani bangare da wani don munanan dalilai.
artist Emanuel Sogbadji Hotunan bangon bango a duk faɗin babban birnin Togo, Lomé, suna nuna farin ciki da zaman lafiya da haɗin gwiwa. Asalin tunani, al'adu, da tattalin arzikin yammacin Afirka abu akan sake haihuwa ya bayyana daya daga cikin ayyuka mafi wuyar dabi’ar dan’adam — don tunawa da abubuwan da suka faru a baya, marasa dadi don hana sake faruwa, tare da gafartawa zuriyar wadanda suka aikata wadannan ta’asa.
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Scott Sturman, MD, tsohon matukin jirgi mai saukar ungulu na Sojan Sama, ya kammala karatun digiri ne a Jami’ar Sojan Sama ta Amurka na 1972, inda ya kware a fannin injiniyan jiragen sama. Memba na Alpha Omega Alpha, ya sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Arizona School of Health Sciences Center kuma ya yi aikin likita tsawon shekaru 35 har zuwa ritaya. Yanzu yana zaune a Reno, Nevada.
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