Kanuni (hompa)

Kanuni (c. 1900 – February 18, 1972) was a hompa, or queen, of Kwangali in the Okavango region of Namibia. She is one of only two female hompas to have retained her traditional position during a period when tribal leadership was masculinized by the South African government.

Ko heewɓe anndi ko Kanuni waɗi, sey ko o wonnoo nder wuro laamiiɗo Kwangali. O laati regenta nder 1923 caggal maayde laamiiɗo arande, Kandjimi; o wonaa tan ko debbo maako, ammaa boo debbo hompa mo ɓe cuɓii, Mbuna, mo maayi nder haɗiiɗo nder hitaande 1926 ngam o heɓta laamu hoore maako. Fuɗɗugo nder hitaande nden Kanuni fuɗɗi laamiiɗo e innde mum, koo nde woɓɓe fuɗɗiiji wi'i o laati moolinoowo ngam deeriraawo maako go'oto, Sivute, mo o ɓurɗo duuɓi sappo. Nder wakkati maajum, nder hitaande 1926, o haani haɓɓugo nokkuure limce katoliki'en nder Tondoro; nder hitaande 1929, o haani hayɗugo suudu limce katolike nder Nkurenkuru. Siwutu, nder ɓaawo maako, ɓaawo ɗon o yiɗi laamu, o fuɗɗi haɓugo bee ɓernde maako bee ɓernde fuu. Nder go'o, ɓaawo o nani habaru dow haɓɓugo goɗɗo, Kanuni fuɗɗi haɓugo e Sivute bee ɓanndu, haa o heɓii. Ammaa ngam o hulni mayde maako, o ɗon hiiti haa lesdi Angola. Sivute ɗon ɗon ɗon ɗon haani to polis mawɗo, Luben Manuere, mo ɗon ɗon haandi habaru maako to Komisaaru Native Harold Eedes. Woni ko haalanki wonde Kwangali yiɗiri laamiiɗo gorko, e nder hitaande 1940 Eedes ƴetti Kanuni daga darnde mum, o jeyaa e Siwute. Kanuni tokki nder haɓre, o jooɗii nder Siurungu, ammaa Eedes noddi mo haa o jokki e bandiraawo maako haa Muses.  Harold Eedes maayi nder 1958. Sivute na'i marɗo no'o haani e yimɓe mum boo e laamu koloniyaal, nden e mayde mawɗo o jeyi. Kanuni warti to laamu, o laamii haa o maayi. 

Kanuni naa' mo ɓeydi e laamu Afrik worgo wakkati laamu maako. Eedes e komisaaru lesdi lesdi, Roger Carr, ɓe ɗon miijino be caɗeele maɓɓe nder haɓɓugo kuuɗe yimɓe ɓe ɓe njaɓa nder lesdi Kwangali ngam daliila ɓernde maako; ngam maajum o holli yimɓe ɓe ɓe ɗon jooɗi nder lesdi maako ɗon hulugo yahugo nder lesdi lesdi lesdi lesdi Afrika. O ɗon haaje e dow taariika ɓooyaare Namibia.

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