Umtapo Wezincwadi WaseBessie Head
I-Bessie Head Library (ngaphambi kuka-2005 eyaziwa nangokuthi i-UMsunduzi Municipal Library, futhi ngaphambi kwalokho njenge-Natal Society Library) IPietermaritzburg, UMasipala Wendawo waseMsunduzi, iwumtapo wezincwadi omdala kunayo yonke eKwaZulu-Natal, INingizimu Afrika.[1] Yasungulwa ngo-1849 futhi yaba umtapo wezincwadi osemthtweni ngo-1916.[2] Liqanjwe ngomlobi I-Bessie Head.
Umlando[hlela | Hlela umthombo]
Umlando womtapo wezincwadi ungahlehliselwa emuva ekumisweni kwe-Book Society of Pietermaritzburg ngo-1846, esekelwa nguDavid Dale Buchanan, umhleli wephephandaba lendawo, i-Natal Witness. Yayinegumbi lokufunda nomtapo wezincwadi omncane futhi yavulwa njengomtapo wezenhlalo wokuqala wasePietermaritzburg ngo-1849. Ekuqaleni kwakunzima, kodwa kamuva yasekelwa yi-Natal Society (eyasungulwa ngo-1851) eyayithathe i-Book Society ngo-1865, futhi yaqala ukuqoqa izimali zendawo ekuyo. Nge-guineas ezingu-2,000, iNhlangano yathenga i-20 Longmarket Street ngo-1876; yavulwa njengomtapo wezincwadi womphakathi nomnyuziyamu ngoFebruary 1878.
Ngo-1916, Umtapo Wezincwadi WaseNatal wanikezwa isikhundla sokugcina ucwaningo ngokusemthethweni. Njengoba zonke izincwadi ezikhishwe INingizimu Afrika manje zigcinwe emtatsheni wezincwadi ngezinhloso zokubhalisa, kwadingeka ukuthi zandiswa ngokuphindaphindiwe. Izakhiwo ezintsha zeLongmarket Street zenezelwa ngo-1929 nango-1957, futhi isakhiwo seCommercial Road saqashwa kusukela ngo-1963.
Ngo-1967, ngemuva kokuba umkhandlu-dolobha uvumile ukuxhasa ngezimali umtapo wezincwadi, waba umtapo wokuboleka mahhala. Phakathi neminyaka yobandlululo, umtapo wezincwadi wahlala uvulekele zonke izakhamuzi, kungakhathaliseki uhlanga, futhi wakhula ngamagatsha angu-11 kulo lonke idolobha.[1][3]
Izakhiwo zomtapo wezincwadi waseLongmarket Street ekugcineni zathathelwa indawo ngo-1975 ngomtapo wesimanje omusha owakhiwa eChurch Street, owavulwa ngo-17 June 1975. Lesi sakhiwo sahlala siyisakhiwo esiyinhloko somtapo wezincwadi wedolobha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30. Ngo-2004, iNhlangano yaseNatal yadlulisela umtapo wezincwadi nabasebenzi bawo kUMasipala Wendawo waseMsunduzi. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, isakhiwo esisha esixhaswa idolobha, esinefenisha kanye nesitoko esixhaswe yI-Carnegie Corporation, savulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-12 July 2007 futhi saqanjwa ngoBessie Head, umlobi waseNingizimu Afrika nomshisekeli omelene nobandlululo owazalelwa ePietermaritzburg.
UMsunduzi Municipal Library namuhla ungomunye wemitapo emihlanu yezincwadi yezomthetho yaseNingizimu Afrika. Iyona kuphela inhlangano yaseKwaZulu-Natal ephethe zonke izincwadi ezabhalwa ngumshisekeli wezombusazwe waseNdiya UMahatma Gandhi (owabandlululwa ngokohlanga futhi waxoshwa esitimeleni ePietermaritzburg ngo-1893).
Izikhombo[hlela | Hlela umthombo]
Bessie Head Library. Library Thing. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ↑ Bessie Head Library. Library Thing. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ↑ Zawedde Barlow Nsibirwa (2007) Preservation of, and access to, legal deposit materials at the Msunduzi Municipal Library, Pietermaritzburg. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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