Mu 1900, wofalitsa nyimbo wotchuka E.t. Patulani nyimbo ya nyimbo yomwe inali ndi chithunzi patsamba la chivundikiro cholengeza ‘Dataya la Zaka zana’ (mkuyu. 1). Monga mukuonera pa fanizoli, pakati pa chithunzicho ndi chofanana ndi chilichonse, mngelo wa kupita patsogolo, atanyamula mbendera ya m’zaka za zana latsopano. Amasindikizidwa pang’onopang’ono pa gudumu ndi mapiko, posonyeza nthawi. Ndege yake ikupita naye mtsogolo. Kuyandama pafupi, kumbuyo kwake, ndi zizindikiro zakupita: Sumirway, kamera, makina, makina osindikizira ndi fakitale.
Kulemekezedwa kwa makina ndi ukadaulo kumadziwika kwambiri pachithunzi chomwe chimapezeka pamasamba a magazini ya malonda zaka zana zapitazo (mkuyu. 2). Zimawonetsa amatsenga awiri. Yemwe ali pamwamba ndi Aladdin kuchokera kwa oimba omwe adapanga nyumba yachifumu yokongola ndi nyali yake yamatsenga. Yemwe ali pansi ndikina amakono, omwe ali ndi zida zake zamakono amapereka matsenga atsopano: amamanga milatho, zombo, nsanja ndi nyumba zokwera kwambiri. Aladdin imawonetsedwa ngati kuyimira kummawa ndi zakale, maziko akumadzulo ndi amakono.
Zithunzizi zimatipatsa nkhani yopambana ya dziko lamakono. M’kati mwa nkhaniyi m’dziko lamakono likugwirizanitsidwa ndi kusintha kwaukadaulo mwachangu komanso zosintha, makina ndi mafakitale, njanji ndi mipata. Mbiri yokhudza mafakitale imakhala nkhani chabe, ndipo m’badwo wamakono uoneke ngati nthawi yabwino ya kupita patsogolo.
Zifaniziro ndi mayanjano tsopano zakhala mbali ya malingaliro otchuka. Kodi simukuwona mafakitale achangu ngati nthawi yopita patsogolo komanso yamakono? Kodi simukuganiza kuti kufalikira kwa njanji ndi mafakitale, ndi kumanga nyumba zokwera kwambiri ndi milatho ndi chizindikiro cha chitukuko cha anthu?
Kodi zithunzizi zayamba bwanji? Ndipo tikukhudzana bwanji ndi malingaliro awa? Kodi mafakitale amakhala nthawi zonse chifukwa cha luso laukadaulo mwachangu? Kodi masiku ano tingapitilize kupereka lemekezani kusintha kwamakina onse? Kodi mafalonity akutanthauza chiyani m’miyoyo ya anthu? Kuyankha mafunso ngati amenewa tiyenera kutembenukira ku mbiri ya mafakitale.
M’mutu uno tiona mbiriyi poyang’ana ku Britain, mtundu woyamba wamakampani, kenako India, komwe kusintha kwa mafakitale kunakhazikitsidwa ndi ulamuliro wa atsamunda.
Language: Chichewa