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Yi'90s kum

Ndilusana lwee-'70s, kodwa i-nostalgia yee-'90s ihlala entliziyweni yam. Ndithetha ukuthi, sithetha ngefashoni, umculo, kunye nenkcubeko. Ukumelwa kumabonwakude nakwimiboniso bhanyabhanya kwakubonwa kwimiboniso efana ne "Martin," "Living Single," kunye nescreen esikhulu "Boomerang" kunye ne "Boyz in the Hood." Yayiyinto yonke, kodwa ii-'90s nazo zavela ngeendlela endingenakuzicingela. Ubhubhani wecrack, amaqela emigulukudu, intlupheko, nobuhlanga babusebusweni bam ngoko ndandingenakuze ndicinge.

Ndangena kwiminyaka yee-'90s ndiyintombazana emnyama eneminyaka eli-13 ubudala eyayisele ilungele ukumpompa inqindi “Yitsho phezulu, Ndimnyama kwaye ndinebhongo!!!” Ukudloba kunye noTshaba loLuntu lwe "Fight the Power." Ndandihlala kwindawo yase-Denver ye-Park Hill, eyayiyi-mecca yabantu abaninzi abaNtsundu. Ibiyimvakalelo yokuzingca ukuba sifikile. Iintsapho zabaNtsundu ezisebenza nzima, iiyadi ezigcinwe kakuhle. Ubunokuliva iqhayiya uninzi lwethu olwalunalo kwindawo esasihlala kuyo. “INduli yePark Yomelele,” sasinjalo. Noko ke, ukulingana kwalawula phezu kwethu njengamakhamandela ookhokho bethu. Ndibone iintsapho zisiwa eluthandweni ngenxa yobhubhani wokuqhekeka kunye nabahlobo batshutshiswa ngokusasaza ukuthengisa intsangu. Uhlobo oluhlekisayo kuba ngoku sele lusemthethweni apha kwiphondo laseColorado nakwamanye amazwe ambalwa. Nasiphi na isithonga sompu sangeCawa sasiya kukhala, kwaye yayiqala ukuvakala ngathi lusuku oluqhelekileyo ebumelwaneni. Amagosa amhlophe ayeza kujikeleza, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ubungazi ukuba ngubani ombi ngamagosa okanye izaphuli-mthetho? Kum zonke beziyinto enye.

Ngokukhawuleza phambili ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-20, abaNtsundu basalwela ukulingana, iziyobisi ezitsha ziye zavela kwaye abazalwana noodade basavalelwe emva kweentolongo ukuze basasazeke kwaye bathengise intsangu aboni bokuqala ngaphandle kokuphela kwezigwebo zabo kwindawo. Ubuhlanga ngoku unekhamera, ukubonisa ihlabathi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ngokwenene, kunye nePark Hill ayisekho mecca kwiintsapho eziMnyama, kodwa endaweni yobuso obutsha be-gentrification.

Kodwa ke ukuba ndingabuyela umva ngexesha, ndingabuyela emva ngeminyaka yee-'90s; kulapho ndafumana khona ilizwi lam, xa ndafumana amasuntswana okuqonda indlela ihlabathi elisebenza ngayo ngeenxa zonke kum. Isithandwa sam sokuqala, ubuhlobo bakhelwe ukuhlala ubomi bonke, kunye nendlela ezo zihlandlo zexesha elidlulileyo ezaziza kundibeka umfazi endinguye namhlanje. Ewe, yi'90s kum.