Daga: Majalisar Bincike da Tarihi

Akwai wasu labarai da idan aka ji su a karon farko, sai zuciya ta tsaya cak, idanu su cika da hawaye, da kuma rai ya yi shiru cikin tunani mai zurfi. Labarin Sarah Baartman, ko Saartjie Baartman kamar yadda Turawa ke kiranta, na daya daga cikin wadannan labaran da ba a taba mantawa da su ba a fagen gwagwarmayar tarihi da martabar mutum.

Asalin Sarah: Daga Daura Garkuwa Zuwa Sahun Tarihi

An haifi Sarah Baartman a kusan shekara ta 1789 a yankin Gabashin Kudu maso Yammacin Afirka, daga cikin kabilar Khoikhoi. Wani lokaci cikin matashiyarta, wasu Turawa suka yaudare ta da alkawarin aiki da rayuwa mai inganci a ƙasashen Turai. Amma sai abin ya rikide zuwa ƙaƙaba, cin zarafi, da kuma tozarta fiye da tunani.

A Turai: Rayuwar da ta fi Tsoro da Azaba

A shekarun ƙarni na 19, Sarah ta samu kanta cikin wani irin gwagwarmaya da rashin jin kai. A gidajen kallo na Burtaniya da Faransa, an kafe ta a cikin kwantena ana nunata a matsayin "Hottentot Venus." Siffofin jikinta – musamman manyan duwawunta – suka zama abin birgewa da raini ga masu kallon Turai.

Ta kasance cikin tsaka mai wuya, inda ba ta da wata dama ko kariya daga cin zarafi da cin mutunci. Ba a ɗauketa a matsayin mutum ba – sai dai kayan nishaɗi. Labaran da suka fito daga wancan lokaci sun tabbatar da cewa ana kallonta ne kamar dabba, ba kamar baiwar Allah ba.

Mutuwarta Da Wani Bangaren Tarihi Mai Radadi

Sarah Baartman ta rasu a Faransa a shekarar 1815. A cewar tarihin likitoci, tana fama da cutar syphilis, sannan akwai yiwuwar tana fama da cutar numfashi da wahalar rayuwa. Amma abin takaici, har bayan rasuwarta, ba a kyale ta ba. Aka yanke kwakwalwarta, farjinta da wasu sassan jikinta don nuna su a gidan tarihin mutum (Musée de l'Homme) a Faransa har zuwa 1974.

Martabar Da Ta Dawowa Gida Bayan Shekaru 187

Bayan gagarumar fafutuka daga shugabannin Afirka ta Kudu ciki har da Nelson Mandela, a shekarar 2002 ne gwamnatin Faransa ta amince ta maido da sassan gawarta zuwa ƙasarta ta haihuwa. An yi mata jana’iza mai daraja a yankin Cacadu kusa da teku – inda aka ce asalin iyayenta suka fito.

Tunanin Erykah Badu Da Ma'anar Jiki Da Tarihi

Mawakiya Erykah Badu ta taɓo irin wannan tarihi a cikin waƙoƙinta da sako. Ta bayyana cewa wannan ba kawai labarin Sarah bane – har ila yau yana nuna yadda ake ci gaba da kallon jikin mata masu launin fata a matsayin kayan nishaɗi, maimakon daraja da martaba. Daga jikin Sarah har zuwa tsarin nuna wariya da cin zarafin mata na yau, akwai bukatar mu farka mu fahimta.

Me Muke Koya?

Labarin Sarah Baartman wani ƙarfi ne ga duniya gaba ɗaya – na tunatarwa cewa cin zarafin jiki, nuna wariya da kaskanci ba su dace da ɗabi’un ɗan adam ba. Ita mace ce mai martaba da tarihi. Ta fusata duniya da zuciyarta mai raɗaɗi, amma ta ƙarfafa mana tarihin da zai canza al'umma.

TAMBARIN TARIHI: Kada mu manta da Sarah Baartman. Kada mu manta da irin wulaƙancin da aka yi wa dubban mata kamar ta. Kuma kada mu daina fadakarwa don ganin hakan bai sake faruwa ba – ko a cikin sutura ta zamani.