Loaʻa ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Gambia liʻiliʻi mai kahi pilikia kālā

Banjul — Nani aku la ke kahu wahine opio i na papaaina kaawale i ka manawa o ka paa ana o na mea kuke hana palaualelo ma kekahi kihi o kekahi o na haleaina mahuahua o ke kapikala Gambia, me ka nana aku o na maka a pau ma ka puka mua.

"I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ina oe i hele mai maanei i ka hora ewalu, piha ka wahi," wahi ana me ke kaumaha.

ʻO ka ʻāina liʻiliʻi o ʻApelika Komohana ma waena o nā wahi huakaʻi huakaʻi exotic e mākaukau ana no ka pōʻino o ka pilikia kālā ma muli o ka hopohopo o nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻolōʻihi i nā lā hoʻomaha lōʻihi.

ʻEono wale nō ka holo mokulele me ka wāwae ʻole mai nā wahi he nui o ʻEulopa, ua haʻaheo ʻo Gambia i ka lā, ke kai a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana mai ka hina hina ʻole ma kona kai ʻAkelanika i kapa ʻia ʻo "Smiling Coast".

Eia nō naʻe i ka mahina o Dekemaba a hiki i ke kau kiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa nā hale ʻaina ma ke kapikala kahakai ʻo Banjul i kahi hāʻule o nā malihini. ʻO ka ratio ʻekolu a me hoʻokahi waitress-iner i ʻike ʻia ma nā hale ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka "ʻoluʻolu" ma mua o kahi hōʻailona "hopohopo".

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Lamin Saho ma Gambian Tourism Authority (GTA) i ka noho ʻana o ka lumi ma kahi o 42 pakeneka, mai ka 60 pakeneka i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.

"Aia ka emi ʻana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā makahiki i hala ma muli o nā pilikia kālā o ka honua," wahi āna.

Lawe ʻo Gambia i kahi 100,000 mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, kahi moʻolelo olakino no kahi wahi he 300 wale nō i ka makahiki 1965, e like me nā helu aupuni, ma hope koke o ka hele ʻana o nā "mākaʻikaʻi" mua i kēia enclave ʻōlelo Pelekania i loko o Senegal.

ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa he ʻEulopa, me ka hapalua o ka Pelekane (46 pakeneka), a ukali ʻia e ka Dutch (11 pakeneka) a me ka Suedena (ʻelima pakeneka).

"No ka poʻe hana hoʻomaha Pelekania, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Saho, me ka pilikia kālā i hoʻohui ʻia e nā kumukūʻai kūʻai i ʻike i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka paona i nā dalasis Gambian.

Hōʻike kēia i nā lono maikaʻi ʻole no Gambia no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kālā o ka poʻe Pelekane ma mua o ka Dutch thrifty, makemake lākou e noho i loko o kā lākou mau hōkele āpau.

ʻO Londoner Beverley Brown i hānau ʻia ma Zimbabwe, e hana nei no kahi hui lāʻau lapaʻau, ua hele mai ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home.

Akā "ʻo kaʻu hoʻomaha he ʻano hoʻoholo hope loa (...) ʻaʻole wau i makemake e hoʻolilo nui," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana "ma koʻu keʻena ʻo wau wale nō ke kanaka e hele i kēia Kalikimaka."

ʻO Gambia liʻiliʻi - ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o Jamaica ʻoiai ua ʻoki ʻia i loko o kahi ʻāpana momona a momona ma kēlā ʻaoʻao kēia ʻaoʻao o ke kahawai ʻo Gambia - hilinaʻi nui i ka mākaʻikaʻi, a hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana ke hoʻokau i kahi kī nui i loko o kahi ʻāina e hakakā nei me ka nui o ka nele i ka hana.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā helu hana ʻole, ʻo nā helu hou loa mai ka World Bank e ʻōlelo nei he 61 pakeneka o ka 1.5 miliona mau kānaka e noho ana ma lalo o ka laina ʻilihune.

Ma kahi o 16,000 poʻe e hana pololei ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻoiai ke hilinaʻi nei ke ola o ka poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka hana ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.

Ua ʻoi aku ka mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā hua ʻai ma ke ʻano he kumu kūʻai kālā nui loa o ka ʻāina, a i kēia manawa ke helu nei ma kahi o 16 pākēneka o ka huahana kūloko nui (GDP), e like me nā helu aupuni.

Ua ʻōlelo naʻe ke Kakauolelo o ka Mokuʻāina no ke Waiwai a me nā ʻoihana waiwai ʻo Bala Musa Gaye, ua puka mai nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i kēia makahiki a hiki ke hoʻomau i ka makahiki 2009.

"E hoʻopilikia pololei ʻia ka Gambia e ka pilikia kālā o ka honua e pili ana i ka hoʻouna ʻana mai nā ʻāina ʻē, nā kahe kōkua, nā hoʻopukapuka kūwaho a me nā loaʻa huakaʻi," wahi āna.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā helu hope loa o ka makahiki 2008, ua hōʻike nā helu hou loa mai ka Gambian Tourism Authority ua paʻa mua ke kau kauwela 2008. Ma Mei, Iune a me Iulai, ua emi iho ka 26.4 pakeneka, 15.7 pakeneka a me 14.1 pakeneka, a ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kau hoʻoilo maʻamau.

ʻO nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e ke aupuni, e hana nei ma ke ʻano he manuahi ma nā hōkele nui o ka ʻāina e like me Serrekunda, ke hakakā nei me ka liʻiliʻi - a me ka peni-pinching - nā mākaʻikaʻi.

"Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo maoli i ke ʻano a lākou e hoʻolilo ai," wahi a Sheriff Mballow, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka hui alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi. "Ua liʻiliʻi lākou a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hana ʻoihana ma mua."