Kodi n’chiyani chinachitikira Michael Rockefeller boti lake litagwedezeka pafupi ndi Papua New Guinea?

Michael Rockefeller anasowa ku Papua New Guinea mchaka cha 1961. Akuti adamira atayesa kusambira kupita kumtunda kuchokera ku boti lomwe linagwedezeka. Koma pali zopindika zosangalatsa pankhaniyi.

Akuluakulu a chitsamunda cha Netherlands m’dziko limene masiku ano limatchedwa Indonesia analetsa anthu kupita kudera lakutali chifukwa chakuti linali malo olimapo mbewu za ndalama. Kudzipatulaku kudapangitsa akuluakulu aku Dutch kunena kuti ndi gawo "losapita", ndipo derali linali lotsekedwa kwa anthu akunja.

Asmat pamtsinje wa Lorentz, wojambulidwa paulendo wachitatu wa South New Guinea mu 1912-13.
Asmat pamtsinje wa Lorentz, wojambulidwa paulendo wachitatu wa South New Guinea mu 1912-13. © Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kudzipatula kumeneku kunapangitsanso kukhala malo abwino kwambiri kuti wachinyamata wachimereka wachinyamata wa ku America azisowa popanda kutsata. Ndipo ndi zomwe zinachitika pamene mwana wa Nelson Rockefeller adasowa ali paulendo wodutsa m'derali.

Kusowa kodabwitsa kwa Michael Rockefeller

Michael C. Rockefeller (1934-1961) akusintha kamera yake ku New Guinea, amuna a ku Papua kumbuyo.
Michael C. Rockefeller (1934-1961) akusintha kamera yake ku New Guinea, amuna a ku Papua kumbuyo. Anasowa pamene akusambira © Everett Collection Historical / Alamy

Michael Clark Rockefeller anali mwana wachitatu komanso mwana wachisanu wa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa US Nelson Rockefeller. Analinso mdzukulu wa John Davison Rockefeller Sr. yemwe anali mmodzi mwa oyambitsa nawo Standard Oil. Michael, yemwe anamaliza maphunziro a Harvard, anali paulendo wopita ku Papua, New Guinea ku Indonesia. Anapita kumeneko kukatenga zaluso zakale ndi kujambula zithunzi za anthu a fuko la Asmat.

Pa November 17, 1961, Rockefeller ndi René Wassing (katswiri wachidatchi wa chikhalidwe cha anthu) anali pafupi makilomita atatu kuchokera kumtunda pamene bwato lawo linagwedezeka. Malinga ndi malipoti ena, Rockefeller adamira atayesa kusambira kupita kumtunda kuchokera ku boti lake lomwe linagwedezeka. Pomwe ena amafotokoza kuti mwanjira ina adakwanitsa kusambira kupita kumtunda, koma uku kunali kuwona kwake komaliza. Ngakhale pambuyo pa kufufuza kwa milungu iwiri komwe kunali ma helikopita, zombo, ndege, ndi zikwi za anthu, Rockefeller sanapezeke. Kumeneku kunali kusaka kwakukulu kwambiri komwe kunayambikapo ku South Pacific.

Nelson Rockefeller bambo a Michael Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller, bwanamkubwa wa New York, ali ndi msonkhano wa atolankhani ku Merauke ponena za kutayika kwa mwana wake Michael Rockefeller © Image Mawu: Gouvernements Voorlichtingdienst Nederlands New Guinea | Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Popeza Michael Rockefeller wazaka 23 adasowa kumadera akutali kwambiri padziko lapansi, mphekesera zidamveka za tsogolo lake. Zinayambitsa ziphunzitso zambiri zochitira chiwembu kuphatikiza ndi pomwe akuti adaphedwa ndikudyedwa ndi anthu odya anthu omwe akufuna kubwezera azungu chifukwa choukira mudzi wawo. Michael Rockefeller analengezedwa kuti wamwalira mwalamulo patatha zaka zitatu atasowa, mu 1964. Koma nkhaniyi siithera apa.

Munthu wachinsinsi mu kanema

Pafupifupi zaka 8 pambuyo pake, chithunzithunzi chinapezedwa, kumene pakati pa magulu ochuluka a anthu amtundu wa headhunter akuyenda m’mphepete mwa mtsinje wa New Guinea, mwamuna wakhungu loyera wamaliseche ndi ndevu anawonekera. Nkhope yake ili ndi utoto wankhondo pamene akupalasa mwaukali.

Michael Rockefeller
Zochitika zochititsa chidwizi zidajambulidwa mu 1969 pafupi ndi pomwe, zaka zisanu ndi zitatu m'mbuyomo, scion wa mzera wa Rockefeller - banja lolemera kwambiri, lamphamvu kwambiri m'mbiri ya US - adasowa, zomwe zidayambitsa kusaka kwakukulu komwe kunayambika ku South Pacific. © Gwero la Zithunzi: YouTube

Kuwoneka kwa nkhope yoyera pakati pa khamu la anthu odya anthu a ku Papua kungakhale kodabwitsa kwambiri panthawi yabwino kwambiri. Koma momwe kanemayu adawomberedwa, zitha kukhala zopatsa chidwi koma zododometsa.

Chochititsa chidwi, filimu yodabwitsa yofukulidwa ya woyendetsa bwato loyera lodabwitsa likusonyeza zotheka modabwitsa. M’malo mophedwa ndi kudyedwa, kodi munthu wa ku America wophunzira ku Harvard anakana mbiri yake yotukuka nalowa m’fuko la odya anthu? Otsutsa amati fuko lodya anthu likanamupeza akanamudya.

Mawu omaliza

Chinsinsi cha kutha kwa Rockefeller chachititsa chidwi anthu kwazaka zambiri, ndipo palibe yankho lotsimikizika. Komabe, chiphunzitso chakuti adalowa m'gulu la anthu odya anthu chimapereka chithunzithunzi chosangalatsa chowonera nkhani yake. Chilichonse chomwe chidachitikira Michael Rockefeller, kusowa kwake kumakhalabe chimodzi mwazinthu zochititsa chidwi kwambiri m'nthawi yathu ino. Kodi mukuganiza kuti chinachitika ndi chiyani kwa Michael Rockefeller?