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Isahluko 4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2020

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
Translated by
Cecil Wele Manona
Edited by
Catherine Higgs ,
Evan M. Mwangi ,
Mhlobo W. Jadezweni  and
Tina Steiner
Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
Affiliation:
University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Cecil Wele Manona
Affiliation:
Rhodes University, South Africa
Catherine Higgs
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia's Okanagan Campus
Evan M. Mwangi
Affiliation:
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Mhlobo W. Jadezweni
Affiliation:
Rhodes University, South Africa
Tina Steiner
Affiliation:
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Summary

Agra

Uhambo lokuya eAgra (122 miles) ndiluqale emini emaqanda ngemihlali yokucinga ukubona idolophu iAgra (310 000) ebalelwa phakathi kwezimanga ezisixhenxe zehlabathi (Seven Wonders of the World) ngesizathu sokuba ineyona ndlu intle kulo lonke ihlabathi neyakhiwe ngohlobo olungummangaliso, endiza kubuya ndiluchaze.

Sihambe sahamba sada safika ngorhatya kwesi sixeko simakhulukhulu eminyaka semayo phezu komlambokazi iJumna (lo sendibalisile ngawo), silikomkhulu lokumkani wamazwe ngamazwe (Emperor) owongamele izikhulu zooZwelibanzi (Rajahs, Nabobs, Nawabs).

Ndifike ndihlangatyezwe ngekari yomhlobo othe uza kundisa ngqo entlanganisweni endiya kuthetha kuyo kwangoku ndingekatyi kuba ithuba lokutya liya kuba semva kwentlanganiso leyo. Phofu ngenxa yobubele bamaIndiya ezindwendweni amaphakathi athile awenzile amazwembe-zwembe akwaGxuluwe okuba ndizuzane nomkhwepha wokuphekuza indlala. Wayi-wayi afika kanobom amadoda, yangena intlanganiso, ndazenza iindaba zezwe lasekhaya zasiwa nasemaphepheni. Ekuphumeni apho singene ezimotweni saya kutya kumzi okude yaye ingqele isika ngenkwankca apha. Umzi endilaliswe kuwo ngowendoda esisihandiba, intloko yeshishini elikhulu eliqingqa iglasi apho kuqeshwe ama-400 amadoda (capital £70 000). Kubandile kanye ebusuku kwanjengokuba sifike kunjalo eDelhi nakwiHimalaya. Uthe umnumzana akuphawula ukuba ndiyagodola wandiboleka ikhwiliti enkulukazi eyenziwe ngqingqwa ngokuhlohlwa umqhaphu oyelele kuboya borhanisi, into efudumele ndalala tywenene kwalahleka netshoba.

Ndihleli iintsuku zontathu apha ndabona izinto ezitsala ingqondo. Le dolophu iyafika eshumini leemayile ngobubanzi yaye ixinene ngokoyikekayo kuba zingathi izifo ezinjengeYellow Fever neCholera nengqakaqha (Small Pox) zingene apha zitshabalalise ngokwesikhuni silunyekwe edotyeni.

Nditsho kuba ngosuku olulandelayo, 21 kweyoMnga 1949, xa sicanda idolophu le sothuke sirhaxwa liphunga elibi lomfula wamanzi amdaka ezindlu zangasese athe kanti awatshoniswanga ngokwaneleyo phantsi komhlaba kwimibhobho yawo ngokwesiqhelo sezinye iidolophu; andikhumbuze iNancefield eJohannesburg apho abaleka phandle emasimini. Apha aphakathi kwezindlu zabantu neevenkile nezitali ngengxinano elumezayo. Phofu iAgra inalo nelinye icala elihle elihlala abelungu kwizitrato eziphangaleleyo ezigangathwe ngesamente zahonjiswa ngemithi emikhulu, apho kuhlala neenjinga zamaIndiya atyebileyo icace ke into ehlala ivakala yokuba ilizwe lalapha lingcolile ngecala elingcole kulo ngobuphantsi bamahlwempu nobuninzi bezifo ezisulelayo, ukanti ngelinye icala limiwe ziindwalutho zezityebi ezibengezela yigolide phakathi kobuncwane nobunewunewu. He!

Udumo lweAgra luxhomekeke kwindlu egama lithi Taj Mahal indlu engafikwa ndlu kweli gada likaAdam ngocikideko nobuhle.

Taj Mahal

Ngumsebenzi othatha imini yonke ukuyibona le ndlu; ikwiimayile ezintathu ukuphuma esazulwini sesixeko: kuqeshwa igemfana lekari yodonki kuhambeke nzinyana ngeendlela ezicutheneyo phakathi kwezindlu, kuthi usasondela uqonde ukuba yenye into le ivelayo, into enkulukazi yesingcungcume sebhotwe elimhlophe qhwa qhwa qhwa macala onke lilitye lenyengane (marble) ebengezelayo.

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In India and East Africa / E-Indiya Nase East Africa
A Travelogue in isiXhosa and English
 , pp. 128 - 145
Publisher: Wits University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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