1956: Babban Taro na Marubuta a Paris
A watan Satumba na 1956, marubuta, masu fasaha, da masu tunani daga Afirka, Caribbean, Amurka, da sauran sassan duniya sun haɗu a karon farko a Sorbonne da ke Paris. Manufarsu: su tattauna tarihinsu, al'adunsu, da makomarsu.
Ka yi tunanin wani babban zaure a Sorbonne, wata jami’a mai suna a Paris, cike da marubuta, masu fasaha, da masu tunani. Na tsawon kwanaki huɗu, daga 19 zuwa 22 ga Satumba, 1956, sun tattauna abubuwan da Baƙar fata suka fuskanta a sassa daban-daban na duniya.
A wancan lokacin, ƙasashen Afirka da yawa ba su da ‘yancin yanke shawara kan makomarsu: wasu ƙasashe ne suka mulke su. Wannan shine abin da ake kira mulkin mallaka: wata ƙasa tana iko da wata kuma tana yanke shawara a kanta.
Ra’ayin wannan babban taro ya fito ne daga Alioune Diop, wani mutumin Senegal da aka haifa a Saint-Louis. A shekarar 1947, ya kafa Présence Africaine, wata mujalla da ke buga rubutu da ra’ayoyi game da Afirka da mutanenta.
Daga cikin mahalarta taron akwai fitattun mutane. Aimé Césaire marubuci ne kuma mawaƙi daga Martinique. Léopold Sédar Senghor mawaki ne na ƙasar Senegal wanda daga baya ya zama shugaban ƙasar Senegal na farko. Richard Wright sanannen marubuci ne ɗan ƙasar Amurka.
Amma ba kowa ne ya yarda ba! Mahalarta taron wani lokaci suna tattaunawa mai zafi game da tarihi, wariyar launin fata, da mulkin mallaka.
Shekaru ɗaya da ta gabata, a shekarar 1955, an gudanar da taron Bandung mai suna a Indonesia. Wakilai daga ƙasashen Afirka da Asiya 29 sun taru a wurin don tattauna, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, ƙarshen mulkin mallaka. Don haka Bandung ya zama muhimmin lokaci a tarihin gwagwarmayar neman ‘yancin kai.
A birnin Paris, wasu jaridu sun ba wa majalisar wani laƙabi mai ban sha’awa: « Bandung of Black Culture. »
Bayan wannan taron, mahalarta taron sun ƙirƙiri Ƙungiyar Al’adun Afirka, ƙungiya da ta sadaukar da kanta don ci gaba da aikinta.
