散文欣赏：我为廷巴克图哭泣
<p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="late">late</span> 1960<span word="s">s</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> 1970<span word="s">s</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Dar">Dar</span> <span word="es">es</span> <span word="Salaam">Salaam</span>, <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Accra">Accra</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="travelled">travelled</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="west">west</span>, <span word="marvelling">marvelling</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="splendour">splendour</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continents">continents</span> <span word="architecture">architecture</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="easiest">easiest</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="Africas">Africas</span> <span word="architectural">architectural</span> <span word="glories">glories</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="enduring">enduring</span> <span word="desire">desire</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="origins">origins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="expedience">expedience</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="colonial">colonial</span> <span word="power">power</span>, <span word="economics">economics</span>, <span word="self">self</span> <span word="belief">belief</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="self">self</span> <span word="identity">identity</span>.</p><p>上世纪60年代末70年代初，当我还是个孩子时，我先后居住在达累斯萨拉姆、内罗毕和阿克拉。从东到西，我的足迹遍及整个非洲大陆，我为非洲建筑的丰富多样和绚丽恢宏所折服。当时并不是易于感受非洲建筑之辉煌的时期，但后来我一直希望了解非洲建筑的本质及其起源，以及在它们的发展形成过程中，方便性、它们与殖民势力的关系、经济学、自信、自我认同等因素是否起到了重要作用。</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="passion">passion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="me">me</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="decade">decade</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="documented">documented</span> <span word="the">the</span> 53 <span word="capitals">capitals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="geography">geography</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tradition">tradition</span> <span word="transcend">transcend</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="boundaries">boundaries</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="researched">researched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="pyramids">pyramids</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Giza">Giza</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="temples">temples</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Luxor">Luxor</span>, <span word="Libyas">Libyas</span> <span word="Roman">Roman</span> <span word="ruins">ruins</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Leptis">Leptis</span> <span word="Magna">Magna</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stone">stone</span> <span word="walls">walls</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Buganda">Buganda</span> <span word="shrine">shrine</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Uganda">Uganda</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="medieval">medieval</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="architecture">architecture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Fes">Fes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Marrakech">Marrakech</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Morocco">Morocco</span>, <span word="Ethiopias">Ethiopias</span> <span word="churches">churches</span> <span word="carved">carved</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rock">rock</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lalibela">Lalibela</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span>.</p>
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