Ibali leChevalier de Saint-Georges, lelinye lawona manqaku adumileyo eMnyama aseFransi, liza kwiscreen esikhulu.
[Kelvin] Harrison Jr. uzakudlala igama lomlingisi, owaziwa ngokwembali njengo-Black Mozart, unyana ongekho mthethweni wekhoboka lase-Afrika kunye nomnini wamasimi wase-France. Umzobi unyuke waya kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezingenakwenzeka kuluntu lwaseFrance njengesiqhelo esidumileyo somculo kunye nomqambi wevayolin, kuphela ukujongana nokuwa ngesiquphe emva kokuthandana okungathandekiyo kunye nokuxabana noMarie Antoinette kunye nenkundla yakhe.
Hmm, kulungile ndicinga ukuba sanele apha ukuze senze iphutha kwaye sicacise.
Okokuqala, igama lakhe yayinguJoseph Bologne, iChevalier de Saint-Georges. Umama wakhe wayelikhoboka lase-Afrika elineminyaka eli-16 ubudala elinemvelaphi yaseSenegal, owanyanzelwa ukuba abe sisicakakazi ku-Elisabeth Mérican, umfazi kaJoseph Bologne Sr. Ngaphandle kokuba wayengekho semthethweni, inkwenkwana eyabizwa ngokobuzwe yanikwa igama likayise kwaye yamkelwa njengelakhe indlalifa. USaint-Georges wasiwa eFransi ukuze afundiswe kwaye waba ngumenzi-fencer owaziwayo kunye nomqambi wevayolin. Yonke into ichanekile.
Izinto ezindinika ikhefu yinto yonke yokuthandana engathandekiyo kunye nokuwa ngaphandle kukaMarie Antoinette kunye nenkundla yakhe. Abalandeli bakaNatalie Dormer banokuziqonda ezinye zezi ngenxa yefilimu INenekazi eliHlumayo uW (2015), kodwa ilamme iyaphulele yonke.
ISaint-Georges yayithandana noSeymour uDorothy Fleming, uLady Worsley ngelixa wayebaleka eParis ebaleka amatyala akhe. U-Lady Worsley wayesele edume ngelo xesha ngokuba neminye imicimbi kunye noqhawulo mtshato. Kodwa loo nto yayingenanto yakwenza kwaphela ne-Saint-Georges kunye nokunye okunokuthanani nezithandwa zakhe ezingama-27 ngaphambi kokuba adibane naye.
Ngokubhekisele kwidrama kaMarie Antoinette… ndiyathetha, mhlawumbi? Okokuqala, kwakungekho inkundla yakhe, yayiyindoda yakhe, uLouis XVI. Ekuphela kwento endandibabona benenkomo yenkomo yayiphantsi kukaKumkani uLouis XVI, umyalelo weConseil du Roi yomhla wesi-5 ku-Epreli, 1778 owalela abelungu besini esinye ukuba benze isivumelwano nabamnyama, ii-mulattos okanye abanye abantu bebala eBukumkanini. Oku kwaqaliswa ukusebenza ngenxa yokuba inani labantu abaNtsundu lalinyukile kwikomkhulu laseParis, kodwa nangona oko kwakungekho ngqongqo njengemithetho yokulwa inkcaso engeyiyo eU.S.
Kungenxa yeso sizathu le nto, ngexesha loQhushululu lwaseFrance, uSaint-Georges wayesebenza njenge Colonel ye Légion St.-Georges, ibutho lokuqala elimnyama lonke eYurophu, lisilwa ngakwicala leRiphabhlikhi — ngakumbi ukusukela oko iRiphabliki yaphelisayo ubukhoboka ukulahla imithetho njengangaphambili (de uNapoleon wayibuyisa kamva). Nangona kunjalo, nokuba wayekhonza phantsi kweRiphabhlikhi, kwakunzima ukuba afumane imali, kwaye ubuhlanga yayingowona mzabalazo mkhulu umqambi awayejamelana nawo ebomini bakhe-ayinguye kwaphela umntu wasembalini.
Kungenxa yesi sizathu le nto kungumboniso bhanyabhanya ngakumbi ukwenza inyama yenkomo phakathi kwakhe kunye negama elikhulu kwimbali yaseFrance, nokuba iyinyani na.
Umcimbi wam awukho ngengubo echanekileyo yengubo, kodwa kubonakala ngathi kulula kuyo yonke loo nto. Ukuba ikhona into, ukuwa kwakhe kunento yokwenza nomkhosi wasemva ebambezeleka elwa naye izinyo kunye nesikhonkwane ukuze aqiniseke ukuba uSaint-Georges uyagxothwa emkhosini kwaye uyalelwa ukuba ashiye ibutho lakhe-elaliphinde, liyinxalenye yesakhiwo sobuhlanga.
Ndiyathemba ukuba umboniso bhanyabhanya uza kuzisa nje ingqalelo ngakumbi ukuba ngubani uSaint-Georges, ke ubuncinci akazukubizwa ngokuba nguMnyama Mozart ngalo lonke ixesha, ngakumbi kuba babephila ngokoqobo.
(nge Ezahlukeneyo , umfanekiso: U-Eugène de Beaumont., Indawo yoluntu, nge-Wikimedia Commons)
