🇨🇼 Curaçao · Curaçao ɔman kuo
Wɔ Curaçao, Netherlands nkɔɔ da—nanso wɔsuaa sɛ wɔbɛhyɛ tɛkrɛma
Supɔn baako, wiase mmienu
Sɛ wohu Willemstad (Willemstad) ahosuadan a wɔde agyegye wɔ St. Anna Bay nsuo ani no, wubɛnya adwene a ɛyɛ sɛ—sɛ wɔde hama bi twee Amsterdam kɔɔ nsoromma a ɛbɛn, na wɔn werɛ firii sɛ wɔbɛfa canal ho nkuraa, na Caribbean owia hyehyee no mfeɛ ɔha nan, ɛno ne nea ɛbɛba.
Saa adan yi di Netherlands nhyehyɛe ne nkuraa ho nhyehyɛe so pintinn, nanso ahosu—coconut ahaban, nwansena nwini, nhaban ahaban, kobalt tuntum—nyɛ Northern Europe dea koraa. Ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ bi a ɔwɔ Queen Emma nsuo so asɛnkae no ho no de Papiamento kasa rekasa wɔ telefɔn so. Ohuu sɛ merehwɛ adan no, ɔde nkasa twaa, na ɔde Netherlands kasa a ɛwɔ nkae kaa sɛ: 'Wonim adɛn nti na saa adan yi ahosu hyerɛn saa? Nkɔmmɔdie bi ka sɛ kan amrado no ani nnyee nkyene a ɛhyerɛn no ho, ɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔmfa ahosu nsra adan nyinaa. Nanso ɛhɔfoɔ no pɛ sɛ wɔka sɛ—yɛpɛ sɛ yɛkae Netherlandsfoɔ sɛ ha nyɛ Europe.'

Curaçao yɛ Netherlands Ahennie no fa, ɛwɔ Caribbean Po anafoɔ, na ɛne Venezuela mpoano ntam yɛ kilomita 65. Ɔman no nnipa dodoɔ yɛ ɔpepem 0.16. Ne beaeɛ a ɛwɔ no si ne nkrabea: Caribbean Po so Europe mmara mantam bi, ngo a wɔtew no hye nkuraa ne nkuraa a wɔde di dwuma wɔ atubrafoɔ berɛ mu no wɔ wim koro no ara mu.
Sɛ mɛnam Otrobanda (Otrobanda) mantam no mmɔnten so a, metee nsɛm a ɔkwan bi so na ɛnte ase—mmerewa baanu te abrannaa so rekasa wɔ Papiamento kasa mu, asɛm biara te sɛ wɔde Spanish kasa nkwammoa ahyɛ Netherlands kasa nwoma mu, na wɔde Africa nnwom akyi. Papiamento yɛ Curaçao ahoni: kasa mu Netherlands kasa nsɛm yɛ atubrafoɔ abakɔsɛm, Spanish kasa fapem yɛ beaeɛ a ɛwɔ, Africa kasa nnwom yɛ nkoa adwadie apirakuru. Ɔkyerɛwfoɔ bi a ɔwɔ hɔ kyerɛwee sɛ: 'Sɛ yɛka Papiamento a, yɛresiesie yɛn ankasa yɛn nipasu bio—Caribbeanfoɔ, Netherlands ase, Africa ase.'
Aduane kyerɛ saa nkabom kwan no ara. Wɔfrɛ biribi Keshi Yena—wɔtwa Netherlands Edam nkaseɛ no nwura, de akokɔ nam, mako, ngo aba ne bobe aba hyɛ mu, na wɔto no kosi sɛ nkaseɛ no nane—te sɛ atubrafoɔ abakɔsɛm a wɔde akɔn ani ato hɔ. Aduan dan wura ka kyerɛɛ me: 'Netherlands po so akwafoɔ de nkaseɛ baa supɔn no so, Africa nnoɔma yɛfoɔ de wɔn ankasa kwan hyɛɛ mu. Mfeɛ ɔha nan a atwam no, eyi yɛ asomfo aduan—wura no dii nkaseɛ no nwura, asomfo de nkae no hyɛɛ nkaseɛ nwura no mu. Nanso seesei, ɛyɛ aduan a wɔde di kan wɔ ayeforohyia mu.'

Curaçao ɔman no bɔɔlɔ ntoma yɛ tuntum a ɛwɔ akokɔ serade—tuntum yɛ Caribbean Po, akokɔ serade yɛ Netherlands Ahennie. Wɔ Willemstad agumadzi nneɛma adetɔnbea bi ho, wɔde saa ntoma no sensɛn beaeɛ a ɛda nsow, na ne nkyɛn wɔ Curaçao frankaa ketewa bi ne mfonini dada bi—2017 Caribbean Kupi nkonimdi da no, Willemstad mmɔnten nyinaa maamee. Adetɔnbea no wura yɛ barima a wadi mfeɛ aduonum, ɔkaa sɛ: 'Bɔɔlɔ yɛ kwan a Curaçao fa so ma Netherlands hu yɛn. Yɛnnyina ngo, yɛnni sika dwumadibea. Nanso yɛwɔ agodifoɔ—Leandro Bacuna bɔɔ bɔɔlɔ wɔ Premier League, Cuco Martina yɛ Everton akyi bɔɔlɔbɔfoɔ. Sɛ Netherlandsfoɔ hu wɔn a, wɔka sɛ: O, saa nnipa yi firi Curaçao. Ɔgyae kasa kakra, de kaa sɛ: 'Ansa na eyi reba no, Netherlandsfoɔ pii anka nim sɛ Curaçao yɛ ɔman, na ɛnyɛ mpoano akwammaeɛ bi kɛkɛ.'
Klein Curacao—'Curaçao ketewa'—yɛ supɔn a obiara nni so, a kanea dan bi a wɔagyaw ne nwea fitaa a ɛnte sɛ asase so no nko ara wɔ hɔ. Ɔkorow panyin no de n'akyi nsa maa ne ba barima a wadi mfeɛ dumien, na ɔde radio no kɔɔ kan bi a ɛreto Netherlands nnwom dada, na akyiri no ɔsesaa kɔɔ reggae. 'Wɔ Curaçao,' ɔkaa sɛ, 'radio nto nnwom a ɛyɛ kasa baako nko. Sɛ wosesa frekuɛnsi a, ɛno ne sɛnea supɔn yi sesa ne nipasu.'
Sɛ owia rehwe a, me san baa Queen Emma nsuo so asɛnkae no ho. Asɛnkae no kanea sɔreeɛ. Nsɔn ano adan mmienu no sunsum wɔ nsuo no mu, na ɔkorow bi a ɛretwam no tetew mu. Asɛnkae no so, ɔkwantuni bi a ɔrefiri adwuma rekɔ fie, ɔkwantuni bi a ɔregyina hɔ retwɛɛ wim, ne aberanteɛ bi a ɔretwɛn kɛseɛ—ɔhyɛɛ Curaçao ɔman bɔɔlɔ ntoma a ɛyɛ akokɔ serade. Saa nnipa baasa yi sunsum dii nkitaho tiaa bi wɔ nsuo no mu. Afei asɛnkae no san mu nkakrankakra. Curaçao da biara te sɛ asɛnkae yi: ɛwɔ sɛ ɛbue ma ɔkorow, nanso ɛnsa da—ɛtwɛn ɔkorow no twam, na ɛsan bɔ mu bio.
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