NgoMeyi 2014, ngakwazile ukuhamba amaphupho empilo yami yonke, futhi ngakwenza! Ngemuva kokuya eDakar, angizange ngicabange nokuthi lolu hambo luzobe lucebile futhi luthakazelisa. Ngemuva kwakho konke, abaningi babhala ukuthi kufanelekile ukuqaphela, gcina isikhwama eduze nomzimba futhi ungabheki abantu emehlweni akho. Ngizokutshela ngokweqiniso - konke lokhu akunangqondo. Imvelo enhle, ubungane kanye nomoya wokungenisa izihambi - nalokho engihlangane nakho.
Okokuqala, ngithanda ukugubha amabhishi, babehlanzekile kakhulu, okungenani eDakar. Angizange ngimelane namabhishi afakiwe ensimini yehhotela waya emphakathini. Izivakashi zibonakala kimi kakhulu - iningi labahambi elivela ezwenikazi lase-Afrika naseFrance, kodwa kwakukhona abanye.
Ngosuku lokuqala, ngaya ku-park accrobaobab yendawo ethandwayo, kungenzeka ukukhuphuka ama-baobabs lapho, wehla kusuka eTarzanka futhi ujabule ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngokusobala, safika ngaleso sikhathi, yingakho kunenqwaba yezivakashi, kodwa noma kunjalo, izithombe zazihamba phambili, ngokubonakala okuzungezile.
Kuyiqiniso, futhi wavakashela imnyuziyamu yomlando emnyama yeLa Maison Des Esclaves, lapho abahlaseli bethatha izigqila ngokuthengisa okuzayo, indawo embi, kodwa hhayi ukuvakasha. Kungenzeka futhi ukubona iningi lokubona okungokomlando: iminyuziyamu, imidwebo, izikhumbuzo.
Ngenxa yezinsuku ezimbili zokuvakasha (izinkambo zokuhamba ze-Andaando zeSenegal kanye ne-Nouvelles Frontieres Day Tours), esazilandela, sakwazi ukubona okuningi. Isibonelo, ukufana ezimakethe zasendaweni nokunambitha ukudla ezikhungweni. Vakashela ichibi elidumile lepinki, futhi, vele, uhambo lokuhamba ngamakamela. Ngizothi, ngokweqiniso, kwakuwukugibela okujulile ogwadule lwaseGibhithe, okokuqala, abantu bancane, okwesibili, ukunakwa okwengeziwe kusuka kumhlahlandlela nokunambitheka!
Futhi sikwazile ukudlala ama-surfing, ngeshwa, isimo sezulu besivele sizolile kakhulu futhi amagagasi aqinile abengalindi, kodwa okungenani okuthile! Thatha ibhodi noma i-Aqualung ukuze uqashe eDakar ngaphandle kwezinkinga. EDakar, angizange ngihlangabezane nezinkinga nhlobo, ngakho-ke ngeluleka konke ukuphumula okusebenzayo, futhi kungalaleli ama-stereotypes.
