Fatima Meer
UFatima Meer (nge-12 ka-Agasti ka-1928 ukuya kowe-12 ku-Matshi ka-2010) wayengumbhali wase Mzantsi Afrika, ezemfundo, umbhali wesikrini, kunye neqela labalweli-mthetho babalaseleyo. Unina, uRakeli, wayeyinkedama yohlanga lwamaYuda nesiPhuthukezi, kodwa ke waguqukela kubuSilamsi wathatha igama elithi Amina. Utata kaFatima Meer, uMoosa, wazalelwa e-Surat, Gujarat kwaye wayevela kuluntu oluncinci lwaseSunni Bhora. Nangona wayengafundiswanga ngokusemthethweni kwi-theology yamaSilamsi, wayefundeka ngokubanzi kwaye ehlonitshwa ngolwazi kwakhe olukhulu ngobuSilamsi, ubuHindu nobuKristu. Wadlulisa kuthando lakhe lolwimi, isifundi, ukunyamezelana kwezenkolo kunye nokuchasa ngokungakhathali ucalucalulo ebantwaneni bakhe. U-Moosa wayengumhleli nomshicileli we-Indian Views [ngo-1914 ukuya ngo-1965], ushicilelo lweveki ejolise kuluntu lwamaSulumane athetha isiGujarati kumazantsi e-Afrika. Eyona nto kugxilwe kuyo ephepheni yayingumlo ochasene nolawulo lwabambalwa abamhlophe, kodwa yayinokuma ngokuchaseneyo nekoloniyali, ngakumbi ukutsala ingqalelo kumzabalazo waseIndiya wokulwa nama-impiriya wase-Bhritane.UFatima wayevela kwintsapho enkulu[1]. Yayilikhaya elalibonisa isimilo senkcubeko eyomeleleyo yamaGujarati-Indiya kunye namaSilamsi kwimvelaphi yesizukulwana sokuqala sosukelo esisokolayo ukuze siphile kwindawo enobuhlanga.
Uninszi lwamadoda kusapho lakwaFatima oluye lwadlala indima ekhokelayo eNatal nakwi-South African Indian Congress.Ukusukela ebuntwaneni uFatima waqala ukwenza imisebenzi engaqhelekanga ukuncedisa ekuveliseni iphephandaba elilelolosapho, i-Indian Views. Ufundile amandla ebhaliwe nelizwi elithethwayo besebancinci, kwaye kwiminyaka edlulileyo waqulunqa umyalelo oqinileyo wolwimi lwesiNgesi, olwalunceda umsebenzi wakhe njengezifundiswa, umbhali, Itshantliziyo lamaLungelo oLuntu kunye nomzabalazo wezopolitiko.Ukuzimisela kukaFatima kwezopolitiko kwaqala kwangoko. Ngo-1944, xa wayeneminyaka eyi-16 kwaye wayengumfundi weSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseDurban, wancedisa ukukhulisa i-1000 yeedola zokunceda indlala e-Bengal. Nangona imfutshane kwaye incinci, uMerer waba ngumntu onamandla eluntwini. Wayenobuhle, ekrelekrele, enengqondo ngokukhawuleza, ebukhali, enamandla kwaye enamandla. Ngo-1946 uFatima, njengamawakawaka abantu baseIndiya, watshutshiswa ngephulo le-1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign, olwalubonisa kakhulu umdlalo olwa nomkhosi olwa nomkhosi kurhulumente kwimbali yoMzantsi Afrika. UFatima waseka iKomiti yabaPhathi abaPhasileyo yokuXhasa abafundi ukuze axhase eli phulo kwaye oku kwamphembelela eluntwini. Umenyelwe ukuba athethe kwezinye zeenkomfa zasesininzi kwaye wabelane ngeqonga neenkokheli eziphambili ezichasene nocalucalulo, ukuthanda kukaGqr uYosuf Dadoo Ukusukela emtshatweni wakhe ukuya ku-Ismail Meer ngo-1951 kwazalwa abantwana abathathu, uShamin, uShehnaz noRashid, abo kamva basweleka kabuhlungu. UFatima Meer ngokwakhe wasweleka nge-12 Matshi 2010 eneminyaka engama-81. Wangcwatyelwa kwindawo yamangcwaba aseBrooke Street eThekwini.