‘Mfowethu, Ungayekela Imali Eyisilima?’

EYurophu ikakhulukazi, ukuncipha kungakhethwa kakhulu kunase-US futhi kuvame ukugijimela ku-5-10% kune-15-20% elindelwe e-US. UCeline Jacob et al kuhlolwe ithonya lomculo odlalwe ngesikhathi sasemini endaweni yokudlela yaseFrance ephithizelayo. Kwalungiswa ama-CD omculo amabili, ngalinye linezingoma eziyi-15. Enye iCD yayinezingoma ezahlulelwa ukuthi zinamazwi athi 'prosocial' ngenkathi enye inezinhlamvu ezingathathi hlangothi. Lezi zingoma ezidumile zaseFrance zaqala ukukhethwa ngabantu abangu-281 ababedlula ngendlela zabe sezilinganiswa ngabafundi abangama-95 ababenza iziqu zokuqala. Amakhasimende alalele izingoma ezi-prosocial ashiye amathiphu amakhulu.

Ukuthi lezi zingoma ezi-prosocial zisithinta kanjani ufunde uGreitmeyer et al ohlole umphumela wezingoma ngezingoma ezi-prosocial ekusizeni kwabafundi baseJalimane. Uma uzibuza, njengoba ngenzile, yiziphi izinhlobo zezingoma ezenze isigaba seprosocial, izingoma zesiNgisi ohlwini lwamaGreitmeyer zifaka phakathi incwadi kaMichael Jackson ethi 'Heal the World', ethi Live Aid ethi 'Feed the world' futhi, ngokumangazayo ngacabanga ngathi, 'Siza 'ngamaBeatles. Lokhu kuqhathaniswa ne-Jackson's On line 'engathathi hlangothi emphakathini kanye neBeatles' Octopuses Garden '. Lezi zingoma kungenzeka zingabi phezulu ohlwini lwadlalwayo lwawo wonke umuntu (angingabazi ukuthi noma yiliphi inani likaMichael Jackson lingenza umyeni wami azizwe elusizo) kepha njengenjwayelo lezi zingoma zazenzelwe amandla azo okukhipha okuhle kithi. Kubafundi abangama-34 baseJalimane abalalele izingoma ezikhethiwe, labo abalalele izingoma ezenzelwe impilo yabantu baqhubeka bakhombisa ukuzwelana okukhulu, ukubambisana nokusiza ekuziphatheni. Lokhu kusikisela ukuthi amakhasimende asendaweni yokudlela yaseFrance uCeline Jacob ashiye amathiphu amakhulu ngoba izingoma ezenzelwe abantu zabenza bazwela kakhulu futhi baba usizo kubasebenzi ababelindile.

Kepha sazi kanjani ukuthi bekungamaculo hhayi, kusho ithempeli noma isitayela samathrekhi? UCeline Jacob muva nje ukuvivinye lokhu ngokushintshanisa izingoma zezingoma zezingcaphuno ezibhaliwe kumthethosivivinywa wekhasimende (noma hlola, njengoba abazala bethu baseMelika bekubiza kanjalo). Abalindi abahlanu barekhoda ukusebenza kwamakhasimende, kufaka phakathi ukuncipha, ngezikhathi zasemini zaphakathi nesonto. Ezinye izikweletu zamakhasimende zaziphethe isicaphuni sokuzidela esithi 'Ukuphenduka okuhle akukaze kuhambe kabi' kumlobi waseFrance uGeorge Sand. Abanye babenesaga sesiLatini esithi: ‘Lowo obhalayo ufunda kabili’, bese kuthi okusele kungabi nasisho.

Izingcaphuno ziqale zanikezwa abantu abangu-20 abadlula ngendlela bese belinganisela izinga labo lokuzidela. Labo ababefunde ukucaphuna kukaSand basala bezizwa benomdlandla kakhulu kunalabo abafunda isaga sesiLatini. Emuva esitolo sokudlela, amakhasimende, ngaphandle kocansi, othole isilinganiso sokuzidela, anikeze amathiphu amakhulu kaningi kunalawo anesilinganiso sokungathathi hlangothi noma akukho nhlobo.

Okungihlabe umxhwele ukuthi indlela yokuziphatha kwethu ingathonywa kalula kanjani yilo myalezo omncane, ongaqapheleki kangako. Cabanga ngayo yonke imilayezo esihlangabezana nayo usuku lonke, kusuka kuma-jingles kuya kuzitikha ezikhulukazi. Izinhloso zethu zihlala zilawulwa futhi ngokuvamile asazi ngokuphelele ukuthi lokhu kuyenzeka. Ngokuqondene nokudlela uChez Ragsdale, ngicabanga ukuzenzela uhlu lwami lwadlalwayo lwasebusuku.