Odumile, umqambi owawina umklomelo, umbhali kanye nomqondisi, ummeli oshisekayo wobulungisa bomuntu namalungelo abantu, umuntu onakekelayo futhi ogcizelelayo, owathi naphezu kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe okubuhlungu empilweni, waletha ithemba nokukhanya emhlabeni- lawo amagama amancane achaza uLiz.
ngawo-1990 bathola ukuthi i-Y ibuya ukuzokwandisa izinhlelo ezazigxile kakhulu enhlanganweni 2009 U-Liz uvule umphefumulo wakhe emphakathini wakwa-Y. Kuthathwe umqondo wephrojekthi ephathelene nendaba enyantisayo yokuQothulwa Kwesizwe kuyilapho kubungazwa umoya wokusinda nobunye, U-Liz waqala ngokuzimisela ukuqamba umculo woqobo“I-Sosua: Isibindi Sokudansa Ndawonye”. Ujatshuliswe ithuba lokubuyela ekusebenzeni nentsha ayintandokazi yakhe, wakhetha iqembu le 20 Izakhamuzi zaseDominican nezamaJuda zaseWashington Heights. Ngamunye wabahlanganyeli uthintwe yena mathupha nguLiz; ngamunye wakhuthazwa, ukukhuliswa, ephefumulelwe, inselele ,thandiwe, wafundisa, wakholwa.
Amazwi kaLiz” Ungalinge ubukele phansi izingane” waba isiqubulo somsebenzi wakhe e-Y.
Ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaLiz intsha yaqamba, kudaliwe, wabhala, wakhala, okwabiwe, bahleke futhi bakhe ukuxhumana okunamandla nomunye. Ngokubhala ndawonye iskripthi esilokhu sishintsha babe ngabadali abazethembayo nabanekhono, ngokwenza nokukhuluma obala baba amanxusa anamandla okuthula nobulungiswa.
Ukuguqulwa kweqembu letiyetha kwaholela ekuguqulweni kwe-Y kanye nomphakathi wonkana. Ngokuzwakalisa ukubonga kumphakathi waseDominican ngokwamukela amaJuda ayeshushiswa e-Easter Europe ngeMpi Yezwe II , ngokugxeka ukubulawa kwabantu nokucwasa ngomculo, umdanso, izinyembezi monologues, umphakathi ubuthelwe ndawonye . I-Y enomlando omude wokwamukela umphakathi ibe yisibonelo samazwe ngamazwe sokuhlukahluka, Imfundo yokuQothulwa Kwesizwe kanye nokuvimbela ukubulawa kwabantu. Ngenxa yezindikimba zomhlaba wonke zomdlalo, USosúa no-Y baziwa eDominican Republic, kwa-Israyeli, eRussia, ku-United Nations naseYurophu.
Bathwetshulwe abenzi bamafilimu abanekhono u-Peter Miller no-Renee Silverman kudokhumentari yabo ezuze imiklomelo“I-Sosua: Yenza Umhlaba Ongcono”, Liz’ ukukhanya kwakhanya entsheni, kwe Y, kubasebenzi asebenze naye, futhi uye kusibukeli ngasinye. Le filimu ikhonjiswe emicimbini eyahlukene, kanye nemigudu kazwelonke yomphakathi. Yaba ithuluzi lokufundisa elinekharikhulamu elandekayo yalabo abakukhathalela ngokujulile ukwenza umhlaba ongcono, ukushiyela u-Y ifa.
Siyabonga ngokushintsha izimpilo zethu, ngiyabonga ngokukhanya nothando lwakho, Liz.
Isithombe ngekhredithi kaRogelio Rodriguez
Funda kabanzi mayelana noLiz nomsebenzi wempilo yakhe ezixhumanisini ezingezansi.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/arts/elizabeth-swados-creator-of-socially-conscious-musicals-is-dead-at-64.html
http://forward.com/culture/books/328775/remembering-the-artistic-and-spiritual-legacy-of-elizabeth-swados/
