Ibukeka kanjani ingane lapho iphuma esibelethweni sikanina? Lona umbuzo u-Christian Berthelot ayefisa ukuwuphendula ngochungechunge lwezithombe zezingane ezithathwe ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa. Futhi umphumela mkhulu. Iphrojekthi ye-CESAR “yazalwa ngokoqobo: ukuzalwa kwengane yami yokuqala! Kwenzeka ngokukhulu ukushesha nokuhlinzwa obekwenzeka kwakumele kusindise yena nonina. Lapho ngiqala ukumbona wayenegazi, embozwe into emhlophe ebizwa ngokuthi i-vernix, njengoba kunjalo, wayefana neqhawe elisanda kuphumelela empini yalo yokuqala, njengengelosi ephuma ebumnyameni.. Yeka injabulo ukumuzwa ememeza,” kuchaza lo mculi. Ngemva kwesonto kuzelwe indodana yakhe, wahlangana noDkt Jean-François Morienval, udokotela wokubelethisa, emtholampilo. “Ubekuthanda ukuthwebula izithombe, wayazi ukuthi ngingumthwebuli wezithombe futhi wayefuna ukuxoxa ngakho.” Kusuka lapho kuzalwa ukubambisana okuhle. “Cishe ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha, wangibuza ukuthi ngingavuma yini ukuthatha izithombe zomsebenzi wakhe wokuba umbelethisi endaweni yokuhlinzwa, uma ngingavuma ukuthatha izithombe zokuhlinzwa… ngokushesha ngavuma. Kodwa bekusadingeka silinde izinyanga eziyisithupha ngaphambi kokuthatha izithombe zokuqala ”. Isikhathi lapho umthwebuli wezithombe alungiselela ukuvakasha kwakhe eqenjini lezokwelapha. Uphinde wathola ukuqeqeshwa endaweni yokusebenza kanye nokuzilungiselela ngokwengqondo…
Kwaze kwafika usuku udokotela ambizela ngalo ukuthi ayohlinzwa. “Ngazizwa sengathi ngizithole ngonyaka odlule. Ngacabanga ngokuzalwa kwendodana yami. Ithimba lonke lalikhona futhi lilalele. UMkristu akazange aqhekeze. Ngokuphambene nalokho, wathatha idivayisi yakhe ukuze enze "umsebenzi wakhe".
Kusukela lapho usethwebule izingane ezingaphezu kuka-40. “Umbono wami ngokuzalwa usushintshile. Ngathola izingozi zokuzalwa. Kungalesi sizathu nginqume ukukhombisa iziqalo zomuntu omusha phakathi nemizuzwana yokuqala yokuphila kwakhe. Phakathi nesikhathi umntwana edatshulwe ngaso esibelethweni sikanina nesikhathi ephuma ngaso ukuze ayothola usizo lokuqala, akudluli umzuzu owodwa. Kulesi sikhala sesikhathi konke kungenzeka! Isikhathi esiyingqayizivele, esiwujuqu nesiwumlingo! Kimina lo mzuzu ubonakaliswa yilo wesibili, lokhu kwekhulu kwesekhondi lezithombe, lapho umntwana, uMuntu wakudala, ongakabi “umntwana”, eziveza okokuqala. Uma abanye bebonakala bethobile, abanye bayaklabalasa futhi babambe ngezandla, abanye abakabonakali bengabezwe labaphilayo. Kepha okuqinisekileyo ukuthi bonke sebefinyelele esiphethweni salesi sigaba sokuqala ”. Futhi naphezu kwegazi nohlangothi olumnyama, kuhle ukubona.
Thola izithombe zikaChristian Bertholot ngesikhathi sombukiso othi “Circulations”, uMkhosi wokuthwebula izithombe kwabancane baseYurophu, kusukela ngoJanuwari 24 kuya kuMashi 8, 2015.
U-Elodie-Elsy Moreau