Mallica "Kapo" Reynolds

Mallica Reynolds, OD (10 Febụwarị 1911 - 24 Febụwarụ 1989), nke a maara nke ọma site na aha nnabata "Kapo", bụ onye na-ese ihe na onye ndú okpukpe na Jamaica. A na-ewere ya dị nnọọ n'ókè ọchịchị agaghị ahapụ na ka otu n'ime ndị omenkà kachasị ukwuu na "Intuitives" nke Jamaica, nkwenkwe okpukpe Kapo gosipụtara n'ọrụ ya.

 Akụkọ ndụ 
A mụrụ Mallica Reynolds na Byndloss, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica na 10 Febụwarị 1911.  Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na abụọ, gbalaga na mpaghara okpomọkụ ọdịda Reynolds nwere ahụmịhe na mpaghara okpomọkụ ọdịda anyanwụ site nzọụkwụ ụtọ okpukpe ma malite ịga site na aha "Kapo". Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na isii, ọ nwetara ọhụụ wee ghọọ onye nkwusa. O mechara kwaga Kingston, ebe o guzobere ụlọ ụka Zion Revival, St. Michael's Revival Apostolic Tabernacle .  Kapo bụ onye ndú n'òtù Zion Revival, ma site na 1976 ruo ọnwụ ya, ọ bụ onyeisi ndị bishọp nke St. Michael's Revival Apostolic Tabernacle.[2]

Ọ malitere ịmepụta ihe osise n'afọ 1940, ọ bịakwara bụrụ onye a ma ama na mba ụwa maka nkà mmụta ọtụtụ ìhè n'obodo n'afọ ndị 1960. Edward Seaga, onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị dị ike nke ga-aga n'ihu na-eduzi Jamaica Labour Party ma mesịa bụrụ Praịm Minista nke Jamaica, na John Pringle, onye guzobere ụlọ ọrụ njem nleta nke Jamaica, bụ ndị mmeri nke ọrụ Kapo. Onye nke ikpeazụ ahụ chịkọtara ọrụ Akpo, ma nye onyinye ya na National Gallery of Jamaica mgbe ọ nwụrụ.  Roberta Flack, onye America na-eti egwu, bụ otu n'ime ndị na-akwado Kapo, American Folk Art Museum na-ejikwa onyinyo ya ugbu a. E gosipụtara ọrụ ya na mba ụwa, gụnyere ihe ngosi isii na United States n'etiti afọ 1953 na 1982. 

N'ịbụ onye nkwenkwe okpukpe ya metụtara nke ukwuu, Kapo kwenyere na chi nyere ya ọrụ ịmepụta ihe osise na ihe ọkpụkpụ. Dr. Veerle Poupeye, onye isi nchịkwa nke National Gallery of Jamaica, dere na "ihe osise na mpaghara okpomọkụ ọdịda anyanwụ n'ala nke ọbọdọ na ihe ọkpụkpụ Kapó, n'ozuzu ya, na-egosi ụwa ndụ ya na Zion Revival". Poupeye kwuru na ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ Kapo gosipụtara emume Zion Revival, egwu, na ịgba egwu.[2] A na-ewere Kapo dị ka onye otu "Intuitives" nka; akara nke National Gallery of Jamaica gbasaa iji kọwaa ndị na-ese ihe na-akụzi onwe ha nke a na-akpọbu "Jamaican Primitives".  A na-ewere ya dị ka otu n'ime ndị omenkà kachasị ukwuu.  

Kapo nwụrụ na 24 Febụwarị 1989, e lie ya na National Heroes Park . 

 Nsọpụrụ 
Otu n'ime ihe osise Kapo, "Shining the Spring", bụ nke gọọmentị Jamaica họọrọ dị ka onyinye agbamakwụkwọ maka agbamakwụkwọ Prince Charles na Lady Diana nke 1981.  N'afọ 1983, Kapo ghọrọ onye omenkà mbụ nwere ihe ngosi nke oru nke ọbọdọ na mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ nkiri ọrụ ya gosipụtara na ngosi na National Gallery of Jamaica .  A na-akpọ ya aha na Order of Distinction, ma nye ya Norman Manley Award for Excellence in the Arts. E nyekwara ya Ihe nrite ọla edo nke Musgrave na 1985 site n'aka Institute of Jamaica . 

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