Ndaqala ukudibana noKellee Edwards kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo kumnyhadala owawuseNew York City, apho sakwaziyo ukuba nezincoko ezingagungqiyo malunga nesini, ubuhlanga, kunye nokuhamba kwiplanethi yethu. Ndimamela, ndafunda kuye, kwaye sahlala sinxibelelana, njengoko imisebenzi yethu yomibini isisa kwiindawo ezintsha nezinomdla.

Njengoko Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa ilungele ukwazisa Masikhe sihambe kunye , Ipodcast ebhiyozela ukwahluka kukhenketho, ndacinga ngoko nangoko ngoKellee. Umqhubi wenqwelomoya onelayisensi, umntu otyeleleyo otyelele ngaphezulu kwamazwe angama-50, iscuba diver, umgcini wothotho lweTraffic Channel, Iziqithi ezimangalisayo , U-Kellee akoyiki, kwaye akazinikele ngaphandle koloyiko lokuhlola umhlaba ngendlela enengqondo kwaye efuna ukwazi, uhlala enentliziyo evulekileyo.

Idibeneyo: Mamela i Masikhe sihambe kunye Itreyila

Enye into endiyaziyo ukuba iyinyani ngoKellee: ungumntu onobubele. Uncumo lwakhe luyosulela kwaye luvuya. Ubuza imibuzo eyiyo. Njengomphathi wepodcast apho sicela abanye ukuba babe sesichengeni kwaye babelane ngamabali abo, ezo zibalulekile kwaye ziyimfuneko. Sine-podcast ekusebenzeni iinyanga ezininzi ngaphambi kokuba i-COVID-19 ihlasele i-United States. Emva kokuba ubhubhane enze ukuba uhambo lube ngumceli mngeni, ngobabalo uKellee urekhode uthotho kude nekhaya lakhe.

Njengombuki zindwendwe, nangona kunjalo, ibali lakhe alingekhe lixelelwe abafundi kunye nabaphulaphuli ngendlela efanayo. Ndadibana noKellee emnxebeni - useLos Angeles, ngelixa ndiseNew York City- ukuze akwazi ukuvakalisa amava akhe njengomhambi oMnyama.

Ubomi obuMnyama bubalulekile. Amabali amnyama abalulekile. Bahlala bengaxelelwa, ngakumbi kwilizwe lobuntatheli bokuhamba, kwaye uphawu lwethu luzimisele ukuxelela uninzi lwabo.

Yintoni ekunike ibug yokuhamba?

I & apos; im kwasekuqaleni kwicala lasezantsi eChicago, kodwa ndikhulele eSan Bernardino, California. Ukuqala kwam ukubona iintaba zisuka eChicago zize eCalifornia njengomntwana omncinci. Inyaniso yokuba ndakwazi ukubona umhlaba owahlukileyo, izixeko ezahlukileyo, intlango, iintaba: yayinzulu kum. Xa ndabona intaba okokuqala, ndakhomba kubo ndaza ndabuza umama, 'Ngaba le yiBrontosaurus?' Ndacinga ukuba intaba ikhangeleka injalo ngenxa yesifumbu.

Xa umama watshata notata, wenza le nto intle ngokundibhenca kwizinto ezahlukeneyo endandingaziboni. Utata wam ngumntu wokuqala endambona edada elwandle. Wahamba nathi. Umama wam ufumene iphepha-mvume lakhe lokuqhuba phakathi kwe-20s, kwaye sithathe uhambo lwendlela kuPacific Coast Highway. Siye eHestst Castle. Khange ndikholelwe. Abantu baphila ngoluhlobo, njengookumkani nookumkanikazi? Ukuthatha amava am enkampini kunye nokuba ngaphandle - kwaye ukukhula njengomntwana okuphela kwakhe kufuneka uzonwabise- ndiye ndanomdla wokuba ngaphandle.

Xa ndimdala, ndandifuna ukubona umhlaba ongaphezulu. Andizange ndikhwele kwinqwelomoya ukuba ndihambe ngaphandle kweli lizwe kude kube semva kwekholeji. Kwakungekho hambo lwekhefu lentwasahlobo apho ndandisiya eMexico okanye eWashington D.C. kunye neklasi yakho. Abazali bam bebengenako ukwenza ezo zinto. Xa ndathabatha uhambo lwam lokuqala lokuya ndedwa eBangkok, ndandineemvakalelo ezimbini: Ixhala, emva kokuba ndifikile apho kwaye ndaqonda ukuba andinakufunda kwanto, kunye nochulumanco olusulungekileyo kuba kwakumangalisa ukuba kude kangaka nekhaya. Ndathi: 'Hayi wethu, ndiyenzile.'

Kwandazisa kumandla okuhamba. Ukunxibelelana neenkcubeko apho ungathethi ulwimi olunye, kodwa uncumo kunye nolwimi lomzimba kunye nezimbo zomzimba ezithile zibonisa ubushushu nokwamkela. Ngokukodwa njengowasetyhini omnyama ohamba kule planethi kuba awazi ukuba uya kwamkelwa njani kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi. Andifuni ukuba nexhala lokuba ndijongwa njani, eMelika nje. Kuya kufuneka ndikhathazeke nangoko kwihlabathi liphela. Ukuhamba yibug engasoze ndiyibulale.

Thetha malunga namava okuba ngumhambi ongumfazi oNtsundu.

Ndigxile ekuhambeni kwe-adventure, ke mna & apos; m kwiindawo ezikude kakhulu, ngakumbi kwiindawo zegridi. I & apos; m kaninzi ngumntu wokuqala oMnyama owakhe wabona abanye. Ndiyakhumbula ukuba ndikwiPeninsula yaseMexico naseApos, kwindawo encinci engaphandle kweMerida. Abantwana bebephuma esikolweni njengoko bendizokuya kudliwanondlebe nomntu malunga namanxiwa kaMayan, kwaye abantwana esitratweni bebengazange bambona umntu ofana nam. Enye intombazana yayilila. Ndancuma, kwaye kwakulungile. Ndenze konke okusemandleni ukwenza imeko ibengcono kuye. Ngabantwana, kuya kufuneka wehle kwinqanaba labo, kwaye ndathetha naye.

Kuthathe okuninzi ukufika apha. Ndifuna ukunika olona luvo lubalaseleyo kuluntu lwam, ukuze uluse phambili. Umabonwakude wenza izinto ezininzi ezimbi kum nohlanga lwam. Ezi stereotypes zibekiwe phaya ezingezizo ii-apos; kwaye aziyonyani kwaphela. I & apos ndinamava amaninzi amahle, kwaye abo bangakhange balunge, I & apos ndenze konke okusemandleni am ukufundisa abantu ngezenzo zam. Xa ndibamba intaba kwaye abantu bema kwiindlela zabo ngenxa yokuba bengazange babone umfazi omnyama omnyama edibanisa izixhobo zakhe, andifanele ndithethe nto. Ndizokubona encotsheni yentaba. Xa ndikubona usekampini, kwaye undincumele, ibingeyiyo le ndlela ubundinike yona ngaphambili: uyaqonda ukuba nam ndingayenza. Yiyo yonke loo nto ndifuna ukuyazi.

Idibeneyo: Kutheni iCandelo loShishino lokuHamba lifuna ukuBona ngombala

Mna ngokobuqu khange ndibekho kwiimeko apho ndiyoyika ubomi bam ngenxa yohlanga lwam. Oku ngakumbi ngenxa yokuba ndandingumfazi kwaye ndandikhe ndahlala namadoda amaninzi. Andisoze ndomelele njengendoda endidibana nayo. Kukho, nangona kunjalo, intsingiselo kwihlabathi liphela ukuba abafazi abaMnyama ngoonongogo. Abantu baphazame ubukho bam njengesicelo xa oko kukude nenyaniso, kwaye ingumba lowo. Njengomfazi omnyama, kufuneka ndicinge ngezinto ezimbalwa. Kuya kufuneka ndicinge ngokhuseleko lwam ngenxa yesini sam, ukhuseleko lwam ngenxa yohlanga lwam, nobukho bam, ixesha. Kungenxa yoko le nto ndifunde ukwenza izinto ezininzi kangaka. Ndikhetha ukomelela hayi kuba ndinjalo, kodwa ngenxa yokuba andinawo ukhetho. Andinayo inketho xa ndihamba kulo mhlaba ndizibonakalisa ndibuthathaka kuba oko kungandibiza. Kwaye andifuni ukuvumela nabani na ukuba andinqande ekufumaneni into eyam. Yiplanethi enguMhlaba, lihlabathi, alinalo naluphi na ugqatso njengesimaphambili kwinto eyiyo. Yeyethu yonke. Ndinomdla omkhulu wokuvumela abantu abazi, abajongeka njengam nabangabonakali ngathi, ukuba baphume bayokuhlola. Kwaye ukuba ubona umntu ofana nam, kwaye lixesha lakho lokuqala, ndamkele kweso sithuba. Nokuba awuthandi, ndinelungelo lokuba lapho. I-apos ilula ngoluhlobo.

Thetha nam malunga nokuhamba wedwa.

Ukuhamba ngeSolo kubalulekile kwaye kuyimfuneko ebomini bam. Yinto endikhuthaza abanye ukuba bayenze, ngakumbi abantu basetyhini. Kubalulekile ukuba uzicelomngeni, ukuze ubone ukuba wenziwe ngantoni na. Ukuba sihlala kwimeko entle kangaka, yintoni oyifumene ebomini, xa bengazi ukuba yonke into oyifunayo ingaphaya koloyiko? Kuyinyani kwaye kuyinyani. Kwaye, ukungena kwizixeko zangaphandle, iidolophu kunye namazwe, kundifundisile ukuba ndingubani njengoKellee Edwards. I-apos; indifundisile ukuba ndazi njani, ndamkele, kwaye ndingagwebi. Ndizikhathaza ngam njengommi wehlabathi kunye nendlela endisondela ngayo kwihlabathi. Enye yezinto endiyifumeneyo ekhawulezisa abantu izixhobo kukuncuma endikubekayo ebusweni bam. Xa ndibancumela abantu, nokuba abakungancumisi, bathi, 'Owu, uyangeneka.' Yiba nokuqonda, ngakumbi njengomfazi, yima phantsi. Hamba ngentloko. Unako nokungeneka. Singayibona ingozi, nokuba asithathi ngqalelo, umzimba wethu uyatshintsha. Ukugodola, ukungakhululeki, ukuqina. Ungazisombulula ezo kwaye uhambe ngokufanelekileyo. Kodwa uninzi lwabantu ndingathanda ukukholelwa ukuba alubi.

Ndinamava am amnandi kwaye oyikisayo kwindawo enye, eIstanbul, eTurkey. Bendihlala ehostele, kwaye bendiphuma ndidla ngokudlula kule restyu. Ngasihlandlo sithile umninimzi nomtshana wakhe banditshonisa, baza babuza, 'Ubekwa yintoni apha?' Ndithe, 'Ndiyahamba, andikho apha ukuva isixeko nelizwe lakho.' Ndifuna abantu bazi ukuba ndityile mahala lonke uhambo. Baye bandondla kwiivenkile zabo zokutyela, leyo kunye naleyo ingaphaya kwedolophu. Ndinamava amnandi ngolu sapho. Babesamkela ngezandla ezishushu. Kwelinye icala, eIstanbul, abantu bayathanda ukubonelela ngeti kunye nekofu. Ndadibana nendoda kwivenkile yekhaphethi, yandimemela ikofu ukuze indibonise ikhaphethi yayo. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba ndinobuhlobo, wayithatha loo nto ukuba yathetha into eyahlukileyo kwaye wayenomsindo xa ndithe andizukuya naye. Kwaye ndoyika ukhuseleko lwam. Ngaba ndisacinga ukuba i-Istanbul yindawo entle? Ngokuqinisekileyo.

Ufunde ntoni kudliwanondlebe nabantu kwi-podcast yethu? (Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga Masikhe sihambe kunye , Cofa apha ).

Inye into endiye ndenziwa ukuba ndiyazi kakuhle, kukuba abantu endithetha nabo, bekukho lonke uhlobo lwengxaki, kwanezinto ezithile endingekazifumani njengomfazi wase-Afrika waseMelika. Zininzi izinto ezingafaniyo kwiinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo nakwiintlanga ekufuneka sonke siziqonde ngakumbi. Xa ndithetha noKumu Micah Kamohoali & apos; Ndisuka eMaui naseAlyssa London onguTlingit waseAlaska, bekukho into ebaluleke kakhulu malunga nokuhlonipha umhlaba. Ndikhe ndalapho kwaye ndabona indlela abahlali abasabela ngayo xa ungawuhloniphi umhlaba.

Ndaye ndenziwa ukuba ndibazi kakuhle ubuchule bam-bokubeka iinyawo ezimbini emhlabeni kunye nokuhamba apho ufuna ukuya khona. Ndamangaliswa kukubona [uJesse Billauer] egagxa-nditsho nokukhwela. I & apos; ndikhe ndasinga ngaphambili, kwaye kunzima. Udinga ukuzinikela okuninzi kunye namava. Wayesephandle ukulandela ukuthanda kwakhe, ngokuzimisela, kwaye yiyo loo nto & # 8216; kutheni ndinonyamezelo oluncinci kubantu abathi andinako & amp; t.

Ziziphi iinkampani zokuhamba kunye neempawu ezenza ngcono?

Ndandinophawu olukhulu endibuza ngalo, 'Sazi njani xa lwanele? Impendulo ilula: inokwanela xa iyantlukwano kunye nokubandakanywa kubonisiwe kwaye ngaphakathi kwenkampani apho kungafuneki ukuba sibuze malunga nayo. Ke, kuzo zonke iimveliso zohambo lweendwendwe, ukuba ufuna ukubandakanya ngakumbi, asifuni kuphinda sive kwakhona - sifuna ukukubona. Sifuna ukuba unxibelelane nabatshintshi kunye nabaphembeleli kunye namazwi anokuvuya kukusebenzisana nawe. Ukuba banenkxalabo enkulu ngenzuzo kunye namandla okuthenga, uyaphoswa kwimarike enkulu. Uluntu lwase-Afrika lwaseMelika lusebenzise ngaphezulu kwe-60 yezigidigidi zeedola- nge-B, hayi nge-M-kwaye sifuna ukuzibona sibonisiwe emsebenzini wakho. Sifuna uyenze.

Abantu bayoyika kuba bexhalabile kwizangqa zabo ezikufutshane. Kuya kufuneka ukhululeke ngokungonwabi. Kuza kuhlala kukho abantu abangonwabanga ngumsebenzi owenzayo, ukuba babe kwicala lasekunene lezinto. Ayifanelanga ukuba yinzuzo kunabantu. Kungenxa yeso sizathu le nto abantu kufuneka baqale baqonde, ngenxa yembali kunye nenyaniso yeli lizwe kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwabo kuluntu lwase-Afrika laseMelika, imbali inde, kwaye ichithele kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Yinyaniso leyo. Ukuba ufuna ukuba ngcono, awusoloko kufuneka uthethe nathi, kodwa kufuneka uthethe omnye nomnye. Kananjalo, kutheni usicela ukuba sithwale umthwalo kwaye sibe ngutitshala? Ngaba abantu abanayo imigaqo yokuziphatha kunye neenqobo zabo zokuziphatha? Ndingathanda ukucinga ukuba abantu bakhuliswe ngcono. Ngexesha elithile, kuya kufuneka uthathe uxanduva lweengcinga zakho, nokuba awukhuliswanga okanye awufundiswanga ukwenza njalo.