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1 | More Than a Half Century Later, How Should Jamaica View Its Independence Day? | 52 Taona Aty Aoriana, Ahoana Ny Fijerin'ny Jamaikana ny Fetin'ny Fahaleovantenany? |
2 | Jamaican Independence Day celebrations. | Andro fankalazana ny fahaleovantena Jamaikana. |
3 | Photo taken from the WAVE: Galleries, Museums, Archives of Wolverhampton Flickr page. | Sary avy amin'ny WAVE: Rakitsary, Moeza ary Tahirintsarin'ny pejy Flickr Wolverhampton. |
4 | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 |
5 | Jamaica achieved its independence from British rule 52 years ago. | Nahatontosa ny fahaleovantena avy amin'ny fanapahana britanika i Jamaika 52taona lasa izay. |
6 | Like the citizens of most Caribbean states, Jamaicans today wrangle with the ripple effects of the region's history, including social and economic challenges. | Tahaka ny ankamaroan'ireo olom-pirenen'ny firenena Karaiba,… Mbola mifamaly amin'ny fiantraikan'ny tantaran'ny faritra ny Jamaikana amin'izao fotoana, ary tafiditra amin'izany ny fanamby ara-piarahamonina sy ara-toekarena. |
7 | Like many other regional territories, Jamaica was “discovered” by Christopher Columbus for the Spanish crown in the 1490s; its indigenous population was effectively annihilated, either intentionally or as a result of diseases that the Spanish brought with them. | Tahaka ireo zaratany maro ao amin'ny faritra, dia “hitan'i” Christopher Columbus ho an'i fanjakana Espainola nanodidina ny taona 1490 i Jamaika; levona noho ny fanahy iniana na noho ny aretina nentin'ny espaniola avy any aminy ny teratany nonina tamin'ireny zaratany ireny. |
8 | Midway through the 1600s, the island was seized by the British and remained under colonial rule for the next two hundred years as a pawn in the heinous transatlantic slave trade, during which African slaves were brought to the island, primarily to work the sugar estates. | Tany amin'ny manasaka ny taonjato faha-17 tany ho any dia norombahin'ny Britanika ny nosy ary nanjakany nandritra ny roanjato taona manaraka ao anatin'ny lalan'ny famarinana andevo miampita ny ranomasimbe Antlatika, ary nandritra izany fotoana izany ny Afrikana andevo no navarina tao amin'ny nosy ary natao hiasa amin'ny toeram-pambolena fary midadasika. |
9 | Emancipation in 1834 brought an economic, social and mental shift to Jamaica and the region as a whole, and signaled the beginning of the separation process from their collective - and forcibly adopted - mother country. | Nitondra fanovana teo amin'ny toekarena, fiaraha-monina ary fomba fisainana tao Jamaika sy ny renim-paritra amin'ny ankapobeny ny fanafoanana ny fanandevozana tamin'ny 1834, ary fanombohan'ny fisarahan'ny fomba fiasan'izy ireo tamin'ny firenena nanjanaka teo aloha. |
10 | These Caribbean territories began to make their intentions known as early as 1958, when they joined together to form the West Indies Federation, which was to function as a single-state political entity that would operate free from British rule. | Nanao izay hampahafantarana ny fikasany ireo zaratany karaiba tamin'ny fiandohan'ny taona 1958, rehefa niara-dalana hanangana ny Federasiona Indiana Andrefana, izay natao ho andrim-panjakana tokana ara-politika miasa tsy ao anatin'ny fanapahana Britanika. |
11 | The arrangement failed - partly due to Jamaica's dissatisfaction with how slowly the process of gaining independence was going - and the federation was soon dissolved, allowing each member nation to forge ahead with breaking the chains of colonial rule on its own. | Tsy nahomby anefa ny fifanarahana - amin'ny ampahany noho ny tsy fahafahampon'i Jamaika amin'ny fiadan'ny fizorana mankany amin'ny fahaleovantena - ary dia levona tao anatin'ny fotoana fohy ny federasiona, ka manome alalana ireo firenena tsirairay mpikambana ao aminy hively araka izay itiavany azy ny fatoran'ny fanapahan'ny fanjanahantany. |
12 | Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago were the first to succeed, becoming independent states on Aug. 6, 1962 and Aug. 30, 1962, respectively. | Jamaika sy Trinite sy Tobago no voalohany nahomby, ka lasa fanjakana mahaleotena tamin'ny 6 aogositra ny voalohany ary 30 aogositra 1962 ny faharoa. |
13 | Other islands would follow suit well into the early 1980s. | Nanaraka ho azy ireo nosy hafa tamin'ny fiandohan'ny taompolo 1980. |
14 | But the road to self-governance has not always been smooth. | Saingy tsy nisosasosa hoazy tsy akory ny lalana mankany amin'ny fizakantena. |
15 | The Westminster parliamentary system, which is strongly based on public opposition, didn't necessarily translate well to the psyche of a region that endured hundreds of years of human rights abuses and is still suffering its effects. | Tsy mahatsapa lalina ny fihevitry ny faritra iray nizaka fanitsakitsahana ny zon'olombelona naharitra an-jato taonany sy ny fiantraikan'izany izay mbola hiaretana mandraka ankehitriny ny rafitra parlemanteran'i Westminster, izay miorina mafy amin'ny fanoheran'ny vahoaka. |
16 | The learning curve for a people who historically never had a say, continues to be a steep one, especially in a climate where corruption was already entrenched. | Mbola mitoetra ho zana-tohatra voalohany mila andalovana ny fanabeazana ny vahoaka izay ara-tantara dia tsy nanan-jo hiteny mihitsy hatramin'izay, indrindra ao anatin'izao toe-draharaha efa manakenda sahady amin'izao fotoana izao. |
17 | On the 52nd anniversary of their country's independence from British rule, a pair of Jamaican bloggers have reflected on the meaning of the occasion. | Mandritra ny faha-52 taona nahazoan'ny firenena fahaleovantena avy amin'ny fanapahana britanika, misy blaogera anankiroa namakafaka ny dikan'izany fotoana izany. |
18 | Jean Lowrie-Chin, whose post listed many of the island's achievements and compared its gains with what she deemed other less fortunate countries, cited a strong democracy, freedom of the press and citizens' resourcefulness in the face of economic hardship as noteworthy things to celebrate: | Jean Lowrie-Chin, izay mandahatra ao amin'ny lahatsoratra navoakany ireo zavatra tsara ananan'ny nosy ka mampitaha izany amin'ireo firenena hafa mampalahelo kokoa, no manonona ny fahatanjahan'ny demokrasia, ny fahalalahan'ny gazety ary ny ‘maha-loharanonkarena' ny olona ao aminy ho zavatra mila ankalazaina manoloana ny fahasarotan'ny toe-draharaha ara-toekarena: |
19 | I will listen to no ‘grinches' today, those cynics trying to steal my joy in Emancipation and Independence. | Tsy hihaino ireo ‘mpiherongerona' aho anio, ry zareo tsy misaina afa-tsy ny lafiratsin-javatra ataon'olombelona ka mitady hanendaka ny hafaliako amin'ny fahafahana tsy ho andevo sy amin'ny fahaleovantena. |
20 | We keep talking ourselves into this ditch of despair, instead of raising our voices in thanks for our many blessings. | Mbola variana miresaka amin'ity singam-pahadisoam-panantenana ity isika, fa tsy manandratra ny feontsika hisaotra noho ny fahasoavana marobe azontsika. |
21 | If you think we are badly off, please check the international newscasts, where countries are at war and an airplane of ordinary passengers with everyday plans is shot out of the sky. | Raha mieritreritra ianareo hoe ratsy toerana isika, dia mba hamarino kely ange ny vaovao iraisampirenena azafady, fa misy firenena miady any ary fiaramanidina mitondra olon-tsotra mizotra eo isan'andro no misy mitifitra eny an'habakabaka eny. |
22 | Her compatriot Nadine Tomlinson wrote about the country's progress and wondered whether “the child” that Jamaica was in 1962 would be proud of “the adult” it has become. | Niresaka momba ny fandrosoan'ny firenena ilay mpiray tanindrazana aminy Nadine Tomlinson ary manontany tena raha afa-mirehareha amin'ilay izy “olondehibe” amin'izao fotoana izao ilay Jamaika “zaza” tamin'ny 1962. |
23 | She agreed with Lowrie-Chin that some of the island's greatest resources lie in its people, but suggested that Jamaicans are still held back from reaching their full potential, thanks to “psychological slavery”, adding that she saw “a dire need for an evolution of the collective mentality.” | Mitovy hevitra amin'i Lowrie-Chin izy amin'ilay hoe ao amin'ny mponina ao aminy no misy ny loharanonkarena lehibe indrindra ao amin'ny nosy, saingy nanolo-kevitra fa mbola voatazona tsy hahatratra ny heriny manontolo ny Jamaikana noho ny “toe-tsaim-panandevozana”, ankoatra ny hitany fa “vaindohan-draharaha amin'ny fampivoarana ny toe-tsaina iraisan'ny fiaraha-monina.” |