Mahalia Jackson, uzwi nka Queen of Gospel, ni umwe mu bahanzi ba Gospel baciye ibintu mu mateka y’isi, akagira uruhare rukomeye mu kurushaho gutuma injyana ya Gospel imenyekana no guhabwa agaciro.
Nubwo yavuye mu mwuka w’abazima ku itariki 27 Mutarama 1972, urupfu rwe rwakoze ku mitima ya benshi kurusha uko byari bisanzwe ku bandi bahanzi, kuko Mahalia yari ikirangirire mu mpano, mu bukristu, no mu kurengera uburenganzira bwa muntu.
Ubutumwa bwe bwavugaga ku Mana, ku rukundo, no ku mahoro
Mahalia Jackson ntiyari umuhanzi usanzwe. Yavukiye muri Leta ya Louisiana muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, mu muryango uciriritse ariko ukomeye mu kwemera. Ku myaka 16 y’amavuko, yari yamaze kujya muri Chicago aho yagiye ashyira imbaraga mu ndirimbo z’Imana, ahanini kubera ko yashakaga gukoresha ijwi rye nk’intwaro y’amahoro n’ihumure.
Yagize uruhare rudasanzwe mu guhindura imitima y’abantu binyuze mu ndirimbo nka "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", "How I Got Over", na "Move On Up a Little Higher". Izi ndirimbo ntizari izo kuririmba gusa, ahubwo zatumaga abantu basubirana, bagakomeza kwizera Imana, bagakunda ubuzima kandi bakagira ubumuntu.
Umubano we n’impinduramatwara y’uburenganzira bwa muntu
Mahalia Jackson yakoranaga bya hafi na Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ndetse aririmba mu bikorwa byinshi byo kwamagana ivangura ry’amoko no kurengera uburenganzira bw’Abirabura muri Amerika.
Yagiye atumirwa mu nama n’amateraniro akomeye, harimo irya March on Washington mu 1963 aho yasusurukije imbaga y’abantu ibihumbi n’ibihumbi mbere y’uko Dr. King atanga ijambo rye ry’ibihe byose “I Have a Dream.”
Mahalia ntiyaririmbaga gusa, ahubwo yahumurizaga abantu, akabakangurira amahoro, ukwemera n’urukundo. Mu gihe isi yari yugarijwe n’urwango n’amacakubiri, Mahalia yifashishaga ijwi rye gutanga ihumure, kunga imitima no gufasha abantu kubona agaciro k’ubuzima.
Urupfu rwe rwashegeshe isi
Tariki 27 Mutarama 1972, Mahalia Jackson yapfuye azize uburwayi bw’umutima. Urupfu rwe rwaturitse nk’inkuba. Ku isi yose, abaririmbyi, abayobozi, abemera Imana n’abatagira Imana, bararize, baravuga, baramushima.
Mu gushyingurwa kwe, abantu ibihumbi n’ibihumbi baritabiriye, abandi babukurikira kuri radiyo na televiziyo. Hari abavuze ko yapfuye nk’intumwa y’Imana isubiye mu ijuru nyuma yo kurangiza ubutumwa.
Umurage yasize ku bahanzi ba Gospel n’abatuye isi
Mahalia Jackson yasize umurage w’ihumure, ukwemera, ubutwari no gukorera abandi. Abahanzi ba Gospel kugeza n’ubu baracyamwigiraho, haba mu buryo aririmbamo, mu magambo yakoreshaga, ndetse no mu cyerekezo cy’ubutumwa bw’indirimbo ze.
Umuhanzikazi CeCe Winans yavuze ko "nta wundi muntu wagize ingaruka ku muziki wa Gospel nk’uko Mahalia Jackson yabikoze". Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin na Yolanda Adams bose bemeza ko Mahalia ari isoko y’ubwenge n’urukundo byabafashije gukomeza urugendo rwabo.
Icyo twakwigira ku buzima bwe
Ubuzima bwa Mahalia Jackson butwigisha ko impano itagira Imana nta cyo ivuze, kandi ko ijwi ritari iry’amahirwe gusa, ahubwo rishobora guhindura isi. Ubwitange bwe, ishyaka rye, n’ubushake bwe bwo gukoresha umuziki nk’inkoni y’ubutabera byatumye aba urwibutso rudashira.
Uyu munsi, nyuma y’imyaka irenga 50 apfuye, isi iracyavuga Mahalia Jackson. Iracyaririmba indirimbo ze. Iracyarira kubera urukundo yamuritse ku isi maze akigendera . Iracyamwigiraho.
Mahalia Jackson ntabwo ari amateka gusa – ni umurage ukomeza gutanga icyizere, kuramya Imana no gukunda abantu.
MAHALIA JACKSON: PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND, iri mu ndirimbo ze zakunzwe kurusha izindi!
