Intatheli nomlobi uTomás Bárbulo ushone ngoLwesithathu, mhla ziyi-15 kuNtulikazi, eMadrid eneminyaka engama-68, njengoba kuqinisekiswe yimithombo eseduze nomndeni wakhe. Ukushona kwakhe kuqeda umsebenzi wakhe ophawulwe yintatheli ephenyayo kanye nezincwadi , kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuxhumana kwakhe okujulile neWestern Sahara, indawo ayeyazi kusukela ebuntwaneni futhi anikela kuyo ingxenye ebalulekile yomsebenzi wakhe.
Wazalelwa e-A Coruña ngo-1958, uBárbulo wachitha ubuntwana bakhe eSidi Ifni kanye nobusha bakhe e-El Aaiún, lapho ahlala khona kwaze kwaba yi-Green March ka-1975. Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okuqondile kwamenza waba ngomunye wamazwi anegunya kakhulu okulandisa indaba ye-Spanish Sahara , kokubili emakhasini e-El País, lapho asebenza khona amashumi amathathu eminyaka, nangezincwadi zakhe.
Impilo ezinikele kubuntatheli
Njengoba ayephothule izifundo zakhe zobuntatheli e-Complutense University of Madrid, uBárbulo wayeyilungu elisungula amaphephandaba i-Expansión, i-La Gaceta de los Negocios, kanye ne-El Sol. Umsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti waxhunyaniswa iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu ne-El País , lapho ahamba khona kulo lonke elaseNtshonalanga Afrika futhi lapho ashicilela khona imibiko eminingi ngengxabano yaseSahrawi. Umsebenzi wakhe waqashelwa yiPolisario Front, eyaqokomisa "ukuqina kwakhe kwezentatheli kanye nomlando" kanye "nobumbano lwakhe nabantu baseSahrawi."
Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe kwezentatheli, uBárbulo washiya ifa elibalulekile lezincwadi. Indatshana yakhe ethi, "Umlando Ongavunyelwe weSahara yaseSpain," ibhekwa njengomsebenzi oqondile ngokushiya kweSpain indawo. Yanyatheliswa okokuqala ngo-2002 futhi kamuva yabuyekezwa, le ncwadi yakha kabusha, isebenzisa imibhalo nobufakazi, izinqumo ezaholela ekudluliselweni kweSahara eMorocco. UJavier Reverte wayichaza ngokuthi "incwadi eqondile" ngale ndaba.
Ukubuyela kwemibhalo ku-El Aaiún
Emasontweni ambalwa nje edlule, uBárbulo washicilela inoveli yakhe yakamuva, ethi 'Aaiún', eqoshwe ngefilimu ethokozisayo phakathi nezinyanga zokugcina zokuba khona kweSpain eSahara. Enyatheliswa yi-Archiletras Libros, le ncwadi ihlanganisa uphenyo lobugebengu nendaba yothando futhi idlala uKaputeni Bárbulo, umlingiswa ohlekisayo owadalwa ngumbhali. Engxoxweni ne-EFE, wachaza ukuthi le noveli iveza "umhlaba ophelile" futhi iningi labantu baseSpain elingawazi.
Umbhali uvumile ukuthi wayephethe "icala lokungakhulumi ngokushiywa kweSahara ngenganekwane." I-'Aaiún' yayiyindlela yakhe yokuxazulula leso sikweletu somuntu siqu nokubuyisa indawo eyayiphawula ubusha bakhe. Le noveli yethulwa ngoJuni 19 e-Ateneo de Madrid, futhi ngemva kwenyanga eyodwa, umbhali wayo washona, okwenza lo msebenzi waba ngumbhalo wakhe wokuvalelisa.
UTomás Bárbulo uphinde ashiye ezinye izincwadi ezifana nethi 'The Assembly of the Dead,' eyawina umklomelo weGijón Noir Festival, kanye nethi 'Virgins and Executioners,' eyaguqulwa yaba ifilimu kaGerardo Herrero. Umsebenzi wakhe wobuntatheli nowokubhala uzohlala njengobufakazi bomlando iSpain eyayifuna ukuwufihla nokuthi wayisindisa ekulibalekeni. Naphezu kobuhlungu obungokomzimba obamhlupha iminyaka eminingi, wagcina uthando lwakhe lokubhala kwaze kwaba sekugcineni. Labo ababemazi bakhumbula amahlaya akhe ahlekisayo kanye nesimo sakhe sokuzibamba, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuzinikela kwakhe eqinisweni nakubantu baseSahrawi. Ukushona kwakhe kushiya isikhala ebuntathelini kanye nasekukhumbuzweni kweWestern Sahara.