The African mirror and art
Introduction.
History tells how some objects can carry unforgettable memories and memories;causing appreciation and admiration. Explains how a mirror can show our roots and our realities. The objects speak, they can do it through minimal cracks, of the places where they are worn. Tell your stories as if they were some maps that experts must decipher. We talked about the little mirror of lustrous ebony, who was born in Africa as a wedding gift that Imaoma made for Atima, had much more to tell.
The African mirror highlights the story of a young hunter named Imaoma and a very beautiful, good young woman in the art of dye feathers and sewing skins, Atima. These two young people fall in love and after the acceptance of their families, they marry, wedding gift imaom. From the fruit of this marriage a little girl was born called according to the custom of her people by the name of her parents: Atima Imaoma.
Developing.
A day Atima Imaoma is stolen by men hunters with plans to sell it, and is separated from her family, the last thing her mother could do after fighting these great men and not achieving anything for her weak strength, is to give her herdaughter the little ebony mirror that her husband had given her and that she would guide her and accompany her in her life.
His daughter was sold when crossing the width to the Fontezo and Cabrera family, from there due to the differences in the language and ignoring the name of the girl, they decide to call her silence. It was received with benevolence, attended with good food, good clothes and good treatment.
Raquel, daughter of the husbands Fontezo and Cabrera became great friend of silence, showing them the good customs that corresponded to an educated girl, manners, letters and numbers. But because of the economic situation of the family that was increasing. That was when Raquel makes a promise to Atima Imaoma.
His new masters had already arrived that would take her to serve them. The years go by, many things happen and Atima Imaoma turns 19 years old. In 1802 he obtained permission from the master to marry a slave to the hacienda, a product of this was born which is called by her parents attempt silence.
In the case of the plague, all made of human bones, he arrived in Mendoza and took his great cargo of the dead, in the car of the plague he left the father of atopa silence, and shortly after Imaoma left.
After this attempt silence, he cannot think of anything but escape clinging to the decision he would make, he prefers to run away, where men with rifles chase her. The eldest son of the master, considered as a great fugitive hunter he went with the departure of reaching a fugitive, who chooses a path that takes her to the area of Rocky Quebradas, attempt silence climbs to the top putting himself safe from his hunters, butAt the same time, being trapped by not finding a way to get out of there, the master’s son believing already having his prey ready begins to climb, but in a tear of a rock they were all falling, giving dry tumbos, while falling about to die.
Atima silence making lights of light with a small mirror points to the direction of the Sun, managing to capture the attention of the man who were looking for her, they have to climb her, but when they see the body of the son of his master they assisted him. After three days, attema silence was called to the main house by the master, who was waiting for her sitting in her armchair in an arrogant tone, she tells her about the seriousness of the punishment she deserves, but for saving her son’s life, she offers her thefreedom, warning her of the problems that would cause her to be free, because no one would want a slave who has been free.
Atima silent arrives in November 1816 to the military camp in Mendoza, attracted by the smell of flesh and hunger he had after several days of hunger. Being received by a general who invites her to eat and is taken along with the other women who served. After a few days at a timeWith it, indicating that it is a friend who is injured.
General José Martín took the mirror and recorded his signature in the ebony wood of the mirror and explained that this would serve as a safe -conduct, the mirror is delivered to a messenger;With the function of publicizing the attack mission of the realistic soldiers, the realistic soldiers discover that he was a messenger and murdered him, making a surprise attack on the Rayada court where José Martín’s army was.
Dorel, an orphan child who is under the care of María Petra, a woman obsessed with stories that are not real or event that already ceased, but for her they continue to happen. One day a child arrives by offering Dorel a mirror, because he needed medicine purchases and cost four dollars, with cunning, Dorel gets him to leave it in three dollars, leaving that child needed without being able to buy the medicines for missing money, he needed them forHis father, a soldier who was injured and all he had to get the money was this mirror framed in ebony.
After a while Dorel reflects and decides to go looking for the child and give him the other currency, daring to leave the house what was forbidden. Not finding the child, but being satisfied to know that he managed to get the other currency he lac.
Dorel who was frustrated from the life he carried in the antiquarian of María Petra and very sad for not being able to fulfill his dream of playing the violin and studying the story that fascinated him so much. The day he went to look for the young man who sold the mirror he reached a monastery where through the mirror and the other objects that were on the site, he met his destination when he played a chord in a violin that was close to him andThis way decided his freedom.
In 1821 attempt silence, he learns of the defeat on a scratched court and this saddens her, but also finds out of other victories, still concerned about his situation in which he did not get a job, he thought about returning to the hacienda of his master who gave himfreedom.
Spain, a theater in the city of Madrid, year 1822.
A young man who prepared to play his violin, presents the piece and everyone is delighted, but in the auditorium was a woman who wore elegance. A single violin returns to reality, the concert had begun without her noticing. Raquel, was called that woman, amazed by the beauty that young man had and the passion when doing what he likes, asks to talk to the young man at the end of the concert.
Entering the dressing room congratulates him and Dorel still shy thanks to him, Raquel asks him to sign a handkerchAsk Dorel
_ Why do you have the mirror of Atima Imaoma?
Dorel, not understanding what he was talking about explaining that this mirror was sold by a young reddish hair and that the mirror comes from America, apparently a war. Raquel insists on buying Dorel’s mirror to give it to Atima Imaoma.
When he arrives at the farm where Atima Imaoma works, they explain that he had already died, and asks the slaves if they did not know a relative or children he had left, but the slaves tell him that he had a daughter, a little rebellious and that it wasAlmost impossible to find it. To which she decides to go to the place where she was buried, and at least leave the mirror that belonged to her talking with Atima Imaoma asks for forgiveness for not looking for her and not fulfilling the promise she did, she tells her life, who had two children,He widowed, suddenly feels a presence and someone speaks to him, scared he thinks it is Atima imaoma and question
And he replies, no, I am attempt silence, he immediately recognized the reason for silence and understood that it was his daughter. Happy to know that she was her daughter explains and gives her the mirror, in the same way atopa silence, she explains how hard is freedom and Raquel taking in her hands the young woman’s face tells her:
_Ivy with me in the big house and, I will even give you a small payment, since you are free.
The moon and the smile of atopa silence looked a lot.
conclusion.
Like its owners, the little mirror framed in ebony slowly advanced towards freedom. Because mirrors reflect the story of their time. And sometimes, like curved crystals, they widen it, they lose them, they distort it.Thus faith advancing the mirror, between the drums of a town that lived in its own map and a slave market in the Río de la Plata.
Between the ruin of a landowner and certain words backwards. Between a spoiled escape and an army on a war footing. Between Rayada and Madrid court and a sick lady. The mirror that accompanied atopa silence. And he knew that, at the birth of his first child, she called him José Imaoma to join the two shores of his life: a general of freedom and his African grandfather.
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