Art for Nigeria by Jonathan Ogburn (daga hagu): #1, Bring Back Our Girls; #2, Lokacin Girbi; #3, Lokacin Wasa
Daga Jonathan “Pogu” Ogburn
A daren 14 ga watan Afrilu da sanyin safiyar ranar 15 ga watan Afrilun shekarar 2014 ne mayakan kungiyar Boko Haram suka kai hari a garin Chibok dake arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Nan take ‘yan ta’addan suka mamaye karamar rundunar ‘yan sandan garin Chibok inda suka yi awon gaba da dalibai ‘yan mata kusan 276 ‘yan makarantar Sakandare, wadanda akasarinsu ‘ya’yan kungiyar Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa ne a Najeriya (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria).
Na ji wannan labari jim kadan bayan faruwar hakan ta kafafen sada zumunta kuma abin ya dame ni, domin ni a garin Chibok wuri ne da na taba sani tun ina yaro. Iyayena, Howard da Carolee Ogburn, sun zo Najeriya a matsayin masu wa’azi a Cocin ‘yan’uwa (CBM) a 1963. Na tafi Najeriya ina ɗan shekara 3. Mun ƙaura zuwa ƙaramin gari mai nisa na Chibok jim kaɗan, tare da ƴan uwana mata guda uku. A can aka ba ni sunan Chibok Pogu, a zahiri “Yaro mai ’yan’uwa mata uku.” Daga baya muka koma wasu garuruwan arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Ni da iyayena mun bar Najeriya a shekara ta 1984, muna zaune a Najeriya gaba daya ban da furloughs.
Art for Nigeria by Jonathan Ogburn (daga hagu): #4, Shadouf a Burkina; #5, Rakuma a Mbalala, Arewa maso Gabashin Najeriya; #6, Mata Uku Suna Fasa Hatsi
Ko da yake na bar Najeriya shekaru da yawa da suka wuce abin da ya faru ya canza rayuwata kuma ina bin labarai sosai a can. Tun daga shekara ta 2010 ne Boko Haram suka addabi yankin da na taso. Duk wani gari da kauye da na zauna ko na ziyarta an kai hari sau da dama: Lassa, Chibok, Kwarhi, Mubi, da Jos. Ana zargin Boko Haram da kisan kiyashi da dama ciki har da a Gwoza a watan Yuni 2014, da kuma Bama da Baga a 2015. Kamar yadda an kashe mutane 30,000 zuwa 100,000 a cikin wannan lokaci. Garuruwa da kauyuka a cikin manyan jahohin arewa maso gabashin Najeriya uku sun lalace. Sansanonin ‘yan gudun hijira na cike da ‘yan gudun hijirar da ba su da isasshen abinci, wadanda suka firgita da ‘yan Boko Haram, ta yadda jita-jita na kusanto mayaka ya isa a yi gudun hijira.
Art for Nigeria by Jonathan Ogburn (daga hagu): #7, Jafi Falls; #8, Ferry akan Kogin Yedzeram; #9, Juya Auduga zuwa Zare.
Najeriya ta ba ni yawa, ina fatan in mayar wa Najeriya wasu. Yin amfani da abubuwan tunawa da kuma wani lokacin tsofaffin hotuna na masu mishan na CBM na zana hotuna da ke ba da cikakken bayani game da rayuwa a cikin nesa, arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Zane-zane suna launin launi ta amfani da alamomin Prismacolor masu inganci.
Katunan bayanin kula suna da girman inci 4 da inci 5, ana buga su akan takardan lilin mai inganci, kuma farashin $4 akan kowane kati. Kowa ya zo da ambulan. Fitar Hotunan girman inci 9 ne da inci 11, an buga su akan takardan lilin da aka ƙera, kuma farashin $20 kowanne. Asalin kayan zane kuma na siyarwa ne.
Art for Nigeria by Jonathan Ogburn (daga hagu): #10 Laraba, Arewa maso Gabashin Najeriya; #11, Daji Sunflowers; #12 Smooth Phlox
Na yi alƙawarin ba da gudummawar rabin kuɗin da aka samu ga Asusun Rikicin Nijeriya, wanda ya zuwa yanzu ya tara sama da dala miliyan 5 don ayyukan agaji a yankin Arewa maso Gabashin Nijeriya da yaƙi ya daidaita.
- Jon “Pogu” Ogburn ya girma ne a Najeriya a matsayin ’ya’yan cocin ’yan’uwa masu mishan iyaye. A halin yanzu yana zaune a Arewacin Carolina, inda ya mallaki kuma yana gudanar da ƙaramin kasuwancin gyaran gida tare da mai da hankali kan gyaran rufin rufin. Don ba da odar "Art for Nigeria" tuntuɓi Jon Ogburn, 584 Oleander Ln., Sylva NC 28779.