Kwesinye isikhathi kudinga uhlobo lomxhumanisi ukusondela kwamanye amasiko ngaphansi kwesambulela sokuziphatha komcabango owabiwe. USimon Leys (igama elingumbhali lombhali waseBelgium uPierre Ryckmans) kusisondeze endaweni yonke yamaShayina nge umbhalo osuka kwezepolitiki uye kwezobuciko, ebangeni lobubanzi obubanzi njengalezo zezisusa zomlobi ezinemiphetho eminingi.
Ngoba ngaphezu kokulandisa kwakhe okuxhunyaniswe nesimo sakhe njengodokotela wesono owaziwayo, uLeys wagqugquzela incwadi yakhe uqobo phakathi kwezothando nezingokoqobo, ethatha abalingiswa bendawo yonke ukuqalisa uchronies, ukuhlangana phakathi kwamaqiniso nezinsumansumane, isimo esisikiselayo esisajatshulelwa namuhla njengomsebenzi ohlukile wokufunda.
Akuwona wonke umsebenzi kaLey ohunyushelwa olimini lwesiSpanish futhi nakanjani sizophuthelwa ezinye izincwadi eziningi ezinhle. Kepha kulokho okwehlele olimini lwethu sinesibonelo esihle salokho okuhle kombhali ophelele okwazi ukudlulisa emsebenzini ofanayo izinsalela ze-eseyi kanye nokuguquguquka kwesakhiwo senoveli. Ngaphandle kokungabaza umbhali ukujabulela ngokugcwele.
Izincwadi Ezinconyelwe ezi-3 eziphezulu nguSimon Leys
Isudi entsha kaSihlalo uMao
Inganekwane yamandla, isingathekiso esinamandla sesudi entsha yombusi, ebabazekayo njengoba ekugcineni ingabonakali emehlweni engane "elula", ingena kahle kulokhu kuhlaziywa komlingiswa kaMao Tse Tung.
USimon Leys walandisa ngezehlakalo ezazenzeka eChina, ngaphansi kukaMao, ekhomba imikhuba yobugebengu yombuso kanye nengcindezelo eyayithathwa ubukhomanisi baseChina.
Unyaka nonyaka, uLeys udalula ukuqhutshwa kweMaoism kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi yiCultural Revolution, ukulwa kwayo kanye nenkohliso yemibono eyenza iChina yaba yisiyaluyalu sobushiqela. Ukusabela ekushicilelweni kwencwadi eFrance kwakukubi, kuhlasela amaLeys njenge-ejenti ye-CIA noma ophendulayo.
Ukufa kukaNapoleon
Mhlawumbe akuyona i-uchronia lapho kuphakanyiswa ezinye izindlela zoMlando. Kungase kube isiqalo sokuzenzisa ukubhekana nezici ezidlulele kakhulu zesimo somuntu. Ngoba yebo, ku-pose kanye kulokho okwaziwayo ngesimo sengqondo sikaNapoleon sokunganaki kuningi kwalowo buntu obuzidlayo futhi obuzicabangela yena uqobo...
Kulo msebenzi, u-Leys ngokungangabazeki uvusa ukubaleka kukaNapoleon esiqhingini sase-Elba ngo-1815. Futhi ngalowo mhlahlandlela, umzamo wokuqala, uma uphumelela, yonke into iba ngokwethembeka...
Lezi zindaba zisakazeka kulo lonke elaseYurophu njengomlilo wequbula kanti uNapoleon uyaphila. Ngemuva kokweqa ngobuhlakani eSanta Elena, lowo oshonile akekho omunye ngaphandle komkhohlisi oneshwa owamfaka esikhundleni sakhe ejele.
Khonamanjalo, uNapoleon uzama ukubuyela eFrance ngomkhumbi ukuze aphinde athole isihlalo sobukhosi azenza u-Eugène Lenormand othile, yize iqembu ligcina limbiza ngokuthi uNapoleon ukuze ahlekise ngaye. Kulokhu ukungakhululeki kepha okuphoqelelwe ukuphoqelelwa, isimo sizobhekana naye ngamaphutha angapheli, ukungaqondi kahle nezingqinamba, okuzoholela ekutheni azicwilise ngokwengeziwe kwimfihlakalo yenganekwane yakhe. Kodwa ingabe uyophinde abuyise ubuyena? Ungubani, njengoba uMbusi esefile?
Abaphangi beBatavia
Incwadi engaba futhi engakaze ibe khona. Impela ukucabanga kombhali osemusha ogama lakhe linguMike Dash owayengaphambi kwakhe emsebenzini obanzi mayelana namaqiniso amabi alokhu kuphazamiseka komkhumbi.
Kepha uLeys, ngemuva kokucasuka, wagcina enesibindi sokunikeza inguqulo yakhe yezehlakalo. Futhi ngokwazi umsebenzi wakhe, wonke umuntu wayengacabanga ukuthi akukho lutho oseluvele lubonwe ezincwadini mayelana nezenzakalo oluyoba luningi noma luphindwe. I-odyssey yokusinda yahlongozwa futhi, kulokhu enguqulweni encane.
Ngobusuku bukaJuni 3-4, 1629, iBatavia, ukuziqhenya kweDutch East India Company, yaphukelwa ngumkhumbi ibanga elifushane nezwe lase-Australia, ngemuva kokushayisana neziqhingi zamakhorali. Ukuphahlazeka kwakunesihluku. Ngenkathi uPelsaert, omele umnikazi womkhumbi, kanye nokaputeni bezama ukufinyelela eJava ngesikebhe beyofuna usizo, abasindile abangaphezu kwamakhulu amabili babona indlela uCornelisz, owayengumshushisi oshushiswa ubulungiswa, abaphosa ngayo emgodini wobuphekula nodlame.
