Cynthia Shange bakar fata ta farko da ta wakilci Afirka ta Kudu a Miss World lokacin mulkin wariyar launin fata ta rasu tana da shekaru 76 a duniya.
Jarumar wadda ta samu lambar yabo da yawa kuma abin koyi ta rasu ne a wani asibiti dake lardin KwaZulu-Natal sakamakon rashin lafiya kamar yadda iyalanta suka tabbatar.
An haife ta a shekara ta 1949 a birnin Durban Shange ta yi fice a farkon shekarun 1970 lokacin da ta zama bakar fata ta farko da ta lashe kambun Miss South Africa a shekarar 1972 sannan ta ci gaba da wakiltar kasar a gasar Miss World a shekarar 1972 a birnin Landan.
A cikin wata sanarwa majalisar dokokin Afirka ta Kudu ta yaba wa Shange tana mai cewa “Ms Shange ta fi ‘yar wasa.
“Ta kasance majagaba na al’adu mai bin diddigi kuma alama ce mai ƙarfi ta ƙwararriyar Afirka a daidai lokacin da aka hana mutunci da mutuntakar Baƙar fata Afirka ta Kudu bisa tsari a ƙarƙashin mulkin wariyar launin fata.”
Majalisar ta kara da cewa a daidai lokacin da ake fama da wariyar launin fata a lokacin da aka kebe bakaken fata daga sanin al’ada kasancewar Shange a fagen duniya ya tabbatar da mutunci da mutuntakar mata bakar fata, kuma sana’arta ta zaburar da al’ummomi musamman ‘yan mata bakar fata a fannin fasaha.
Har ila yau Ministan wasanni da fasaha da al’adu na Afirka ta Kudu Gayton McKenzie da mataimakinshi Peace Mabe sun bayyana Shange a matsayin majagaba mara tsoro wanda ya canza yanayin wakilci.
“Cynthia Shange ta kasance shinge ga baƙar fata da mata a lokacin da aka keɓe su daga tsarin duniya.
“Ta tsaya inda aka gaya wa da yawa cewa ba su cikin kuma ta yin hakan ta sake bayyana abin da zai yiwu ga tsararraki masu zuwa. Abubuwan da ta gada na jajircewa ne da mutuntaka da ƙwazo ba tare da neman gafara ba” in ji McKenzie.
Mabe ya ce Shange ya karya shingaye ga bakaken fata ‘yan Afirka ta Kudu a duk fadin kasar wanda hakan ya zaburar da mata matasa kwarin gwiwar neman sararin samaniyarsu a duniya.
