{"id":3131634,"date":"2018-06-01T03:20:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T07:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/waziri-mgumu\/"},"modified":"2018-06-01T03:20:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T07:20:01","slug":"waziri-mgumu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/waziri-mgumu\/","title":{"rendered":"Waziri Mgumu"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3029565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3029565\" style=\"width: 779px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3029565 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/peterson1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/peterson1.jpg 779w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/peterson1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/peterson1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3029565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picha na Kerry Shirk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Tafakari ya Sanaa ya Utendaji kati ya Marafiki<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">Katika<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> mwaka wa 2003, miaka miwili baada ya kuanza kuhudhuria Mkutano wa Hartford (Conn.), niliingia katika kamati ya uwazi, nikiwa na wasiwasi Marafiki wenye uzito wangeweza kukataa jaribio langu la kuchunguza kwa ustadi na kwa ucheshi uzoefu wangu wa ajabu unaokuja, ili waweze kuhukumu kuwa ni mbishi wa kusisimua, wa ubinafsi, usio na kina, ambao haukuwa na nafasi katika duru kubwa za Quaker. Nilianza kustarehe baada ya dakika 30 za kwanza za mkutano, nikijisikia vizuri na kuthibitishwa. Lakini Bill, mwanasaikolojia wa watoto aliyestaafu na ambaye ni mtu asiyependa dini zaidi ya watu wote wa halmashauri hiyo, alinishtua aliposema, \u201cInaonekana kana kwamba huduma yako ni ya kinabii.\u201d  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghafla nilihisi kutengwa. Nilieleza kwamba nilikuwa nimehudhuria makanisa ya Kipentekoste na Kiinjili kwa karibu miaka 20. Maneno \u201chuduma\u201d na \u201ckinabii\u201d yalichochea kiwewe kwangu. \u201cHuduma\u201d niliyokuwa nimepokea ilijaribu \u201ckuniondolea ushoga\u201d na kuharibu utu wangu mwingi. Unabii huo, wakati fulani ulipiga kelele usoni mwangu, ulisaidia kudhoofisha hali yangu ya ubinafsi. Bill aliitikia kwa kichwa na kusikiliza. Sauti yake ilitulia aliponihakikishia, &#8221;Ninazungumza kuhusu jambo tofauti. Unazungumza ukweli kwa kizazi kinachohitaji kusikia ujumbe kuhusu haki na usawa. Unaelekeza makosa katika ulimwengu na kuwaonyesha watu njia tofauti, bora zaidi. Huduma yako ya kinabii inatoa mwanga kwa watu wanyoofu kama mimi wanaohitaji kuona ulimwengu kwa njia mpya na mpya.&#8221;      <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nilipofikiria hili, nilitulia tena kwenye kiti changu; ngumi zangu zilikatika. Maelezo yake ya huduma ya kinabii yalikuwa yanakaribia kile nilichotaka kufanya na mchezo wangu   <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doin&#8217; Time katika Homo No Mo Halfway House<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, lakini bado, kuna kitu kilinisumbua. Baada ya ukimya wa muda nilizungumza, &#8221;Nasikia unachosema, lakini ni ngumu kwangu kukubali msimamo huo. Inaonekana unaniona kama mhubiri, lakini sio; mimi ni msanii wa maonyesho.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wajumbe wa kamati walitaka kujua zaidi kuhusu tofauti hii, na nimekuwa nikijaribu kujibu swali hilo tangu wakati huo. Katika vichekesho vyangu vya mtu mmoja, mimi huchukua maswala mazito ya kuua: haki kwa watu wa kupindukia, waliobadili jinsia, watu wasio na jinsia mbili, wa jinsia mbili, wasagaji na mashoga; nguvu ya kiume nyeupe na upendeleo; mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa kama suala la haki za binadamu; ubaguzi wa wasagaji na mashoga kwa watu wa jinsia mbili, wasiozingatia jinsia, na watu waliobadili jinsia; na kifo cha wazazi wangu wote wawili kutokana na saratani ya mapafu. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3131634 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/waziri-mgumu\/peterson2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/peterson2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/waziri-mgumu\/peterson3-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/peterson3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><div class=\"woo-sc-quote\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ingawa Waquaker wengi hupenda na kuthamini sanaa kwa ajili ya sanaa, mara nyingi sisi hutafuta ujumbe katika kazi ya sanaa.<\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">Zaidi<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> ya kushiriki ujumbe, ninaelewa dhima ya sanaa ya uigizaji ni kufungua hadhira kufikiri, kuhisi, kukumbuka, kujibu na kujibu. Mhubiri ana ujumbe wazi wa kuwasiliana, huku mimi, kama msanii wa uigizaji, nikionyesha picha, wahusika na matukio. Ninaamini alchemy kati ya hadhira yangu na sanaa yangu na mimi tutaunda jumbe nyingi na maonyesho ya kudumu.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baada ya onyesho, ni kawaida kwa mshiriki wa hadhira kunikaribia: \u201cWakati wa kipindi chako, ulisema . . . ,\u201d na hapa wanashiriki jambo lililowagusa moyo sana na kunishukuru kwa kuwafikia. Ajabu ni kwamba sikukusudia ujumbe uliowagusa, lakini waliusikia sawa. Katika kusimulia hadithi kwa ustadi, wahusika jukwaani na neno taswira hurudia na kujipinda kwa njia za hila ili watazamaji wasitambue kile kinachotokea, na ujumbe huundwa akilini mwao. Sanaa yangu iliwatengenezea fursa; uwazi wao uliwaruhusu kuunda pamoja nami. Bila shaka, hilo linaweza kutokea wakati mtu fulani anatoa hotuba au ujumbe katika mkutano wa ibada. Hutokea mara kwa mara karibu na maonyesho yangu, hata hivyo, na kwa jumbe ambazo ni za asili sana hivi kwamba ninalazimika kuamini uwasilishaji wa kisanii unakuza ujumuishaji wa jumbe za kibinafsi zinazohisiwa sana, ambazo washiriki wa hadhira hunasibisha kwangu au mmoja wa wahusika wangu.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ingawa Waquaker wengi hupenda na kuthamini sanaa kwa ajili ya sanaa, mara nyingi sisi hutafuta ujumbe katika kazi ya sanaa ambayo inakuza mtazamo wetu wa ulimwengu ambao tayari tunahisi kwa kina au unaotupa changamoto katika njia mpya na mpya. Mtunzi mwenzangu ataniuliza, ulipangaje mchezo wako? au, unatumiaje lugha na mpangilio kujenga mvutano? Mwakilishi kutoka mkutano wa Quaker anayetafuta kuweka nafasi ya moja ya maonyesho yangu badala yake atauliza, inahusu nini? Jumbe za kisiasa na kimaadili zinazoshikilia shuhuda zetu za usawa na amani zinathaminiwa miongoni mwa Marafiki wasio na programu, makanisa yanayoendelea, na taasisi za kidini zinazoandaa mawasilisho yangu. Njia za ustadi ambazo mawazo haya yanawasilishwa bila shaka zinathaminiwa, lakini ujumbe ni wa msingi.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangu mkutano wa kamati ya uwazi mwaka 2003, nimeandika zaidi ya michezo 12. Kwa kawaida mimi huandika mchezo jinsi ninavyotaka kuuwasilisha: kama sanaa, kisha ninaubadilisha kuwa umbizo ninaloita mhadhara wa utendaji. Fikiria urekebishaji huu kama kazi ya mbunifu wa mavazi ambaye anaonyesha dhana za mitindo zisizo za kawaida kwenye barabara ya Paris na lazima azibadilishe ili kuziuza kwenye rafu kwa umma.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nilirekebisha tamthilia yangu<\/span> <i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transfigurations\u2014Transgressing Gender in the Bible<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  kwenye hotuba ya utendaji. Toleo la awali lilichochewa na usomi niliofanya kuhusu wahusika wa Biblia wasiopatana na jinsia. Ninapenda safu ya simulizi ya kipande na mzozo karibu uliofichwa lakini wa mara kwa mara ndani yake. Ninajumuisha marejeleo ya     <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Injili ya Thomas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  wakati msimulizi, mwanafunzi wa Yesu ambaye jina lake halikutajwa akiwa safarini, anazungumza na wageni waliomkaribisha. Anasimulia hadithi zinazopelekea ufunuo wa kibinafsi anaojua unaweza kusababisha wenyeji wake kumgeukia ili kumuua. Ingawa hadhira haijui ni nini kiko hatarini mwanzoni mwa igizo, mvutano katika uigizaji na katika hati huongezeka hadi ufichuzi wa ujasiri mwishoni.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mnamo 2011 nilialikwa kufanya<\/span> <i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ubadilishaji<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  katika Kongamano la Transfaith of Color, lililohudhuriwa na Wakristo wengi wa Kiafrika na Walatino waliobadili jinsia na wasio na jinsia Wakristo. Katika dakika kumi za mwisho za onyesho hilo, nilianza kusikia kilio katika hadhira iliyogeuka na kuwa kilio katika ukumbi mzima. Baada ya kumaliza, nilifanya kipindi cha maswali na majibu. Mwanamume mmoja alisimama huku machozi yakimtoka, \u201cUliwarudisha babu zangu kwangu, nilifikiri nimewapoteza, lakini ulinionyesha mahali ambapo wamekuwa wakati huu wote.\u201d   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wahusika na utendakazi wa kutozingatia jinsia na jinsia ni msingi wa kipengele hiki. Wikendi hiyo washiriki mbalimbali wa hadhira walieleza kuwa walihisi mwangwi wa mapambano yao wenyewe ya maisha katika mazungumzo na mihemko iliyoonyeshwa. Zaidi ya ujumbe kuhusu kujumuishwa au usawa, walipata uzuri na ufunuo, na hii iliwagusa sana. Hii ilikuwa uzoefu wa watu wengi wa LGBTQ ambao waliona utendakazi katika miaka michache ya kwanza.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lakini kipande hiki kilipoimbwa kwa upana zaidi, watazamaji wa Quaker, viongozi kutoka madhehebu mbalimbali ya Kikristo, na watu wengi wa LGBTQ ambao walitoka katika asili za jadi za Kikristo walitaka na walihitaji kitu zaidi ya sanaa. Kwao, vipindi vya maswali na majibu vilikuwa virefu kama igizo, huku watazamaji wakinichunguza kwa maelezo yaliyosababisha tafsiri zangu za awali. Wengine walifichua kuwa walihisi vichwa vyao vitalipuka ifikapo mwisho wa onyesho hilo kwa sababu kulikuwa na mengi zaidi walitaka kujua kuhusu udhamini huo. Walivutiwa na sanaa hiyo, lakini pia walitaka mawazo zaidi nyuma yake.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"woo-sc-quote\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fomu ya mihadhara ya utendaji inalenga kuzipa majukumu haya matatu kila mvuto sawa, kama vile kamba zinazowezesha hema kushikilia umbo lake.<\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">Baada<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> ya kuvunjika mkono wiki moja kabla ya onyesho lililoandaliwa na Kituo cha Joseph Slifka cha Maisha ya Kiyahudi katika Chuo Kikuu cha Yale, nilijua singeweza kutekeleza kipande hicho jinsi kilivyoundwa. Nikiwa nimeruka juu ya tembe za maumivu siku tatu baada ya upasuaji na huku mkono wangu ukiwa umevimba na kwenye kombeo, nilirekebisha uwasilishaji nilipokuwa nikisafiri kwenye gari-moshi kuelekea New Haven. Niliamua kufanya madondoo huku nikiongeza mhadhara mdogo kati ya matukio ili kueleza usomi na mawazo kuhusu jinsia yaliyogunduliwa katika maandishi.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hii ni aina ya uwasilishaji niliofanya miaka mitatu baadaye kwenye mkutano wa Kongamano Kuu la Marafiki mwaka wa 2012 wakati wa kuwasilisha Nusu Saa ya Biblia. Kwa kweli, nilienda hatua moja zaidi na hata kuwaongoza watazamaji katika shughuli za ukumbi wa michezo zilizowaruhusu kujionea wenyewe hadithi za Biblia, ili wao pia waweze kujumuisha wahusika. Jibu lilinishangaza wakati Marafiki wa LGBTQ na wasio LGBTQ walinijia wakati wote wa kusanyiko huku wakitokwa na machozi wakishiriki ufunuo waliokuwa nao kuhusu maandiko ya Biblia na wao wenyewe. Kilichowagusa watu zaidi ingawa ilikuwa usomi\u2014ulichohusu\u2014na nilitambua thamani ya uwasilishaji mseto wa mihadhara ya utendaji.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mhadhara wa utendaji haukufanya kazi kwa watazamaji wangu tu, ambao mara nyingi ujumbe ulikuwa wa msingi, lakini pia kwangu nilipohamia ulimwenguni kama msanii, mwanaharakati, na msomi. Majukumu haya yanavutana, yakishindana kuchukua jukumu la msingi.  Fomu ya mihadhara ya utendaji inalenga kuzipa majukumu haya matatu kila mvuto sawa, kama vile kamba zinazowezesha hema kushikilia umbo lake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hii inafanya kazi vyema na hadhira ya Quaker kwenye mikusanyiko na mikutano ya kila mwaka, katika nyumba za mikutano, na katika shule za Quaker na vyuo vikuu. Ahadi yetu kubwa ya elimu na ufadhili wa masomo pamoja na historia yetu ya kujihusisha na masuala ya haki za kijamii inaendana vyema na uwasilishaji wa kitaalamu, hasa kwa sanaa inayotegemea maneno kama vile maonyesho yangu au kazi ya waandishi na waimbaji\/watunzi wa nyimbo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"woo-sc-quote\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ujumbe wangu sio wa moja kwa moja kila wakati na unaweza kufasiriwa vibaya, kama vile Quakers walielewa vibaya vitendo vya James Nayler na Benjamin Lay, Quakers wawili wasio na woga wa zamani ambao walikataliwa walipokuwa wabunifu sana na mahubiri yao.<\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">Sehemu<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> moja ninayoweza kupata shida ingawa ni kwa vichekesho. Desturi yetu ya kuzungumza kwa uwazi katika mikutano ya ibada inaweza kufanya uchezaji wa maneno kuwa muhimu kwa baadhi ya vichekesho kuwa changamoto kwa hadhira ya Quaker na, kwa sababu hiyo, kwangu kama mwigizaji. Kejeli na kejeli, haswa ikiwa ni ya hila, inayofanywa kwa tabia, au inategemea sauti inaweza kueleweka vibaya inapochukuliwa kihalisi. Marafiki wanaweza kushikwa na maneno hivi kwamba tunakosa uhakika. Haifurahishi kamwe kuelezea utani kwa Rafiki, lakini hata mwingiliano huo ni sehemu ya kazi ya kuwasilisha sanaa ya utendaji kwa Quakers. Tumejitolea kwa haki na upendo. Vichekesho vinaweza kutumiwa kuwaumiza wengine au kuwapuuza maswala mazito. Kufungua mzaha kunaweza kusababisha majadiliano mazuri. Ninatafuta kutumia vichekesho kuangazia maswala muhimu. Bado, Marafiki wengine wanapendelea ujumbe wa moja kwa moja kuliko utendakazi wa katuni.         <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiyo inaweza kuwa ndiyo sababu siiiti huduma yangu ya kazi au kujiita mhudumu. Ujumbe wangu sio wa moja kwa moja kila wakati na unaweza kufasiriwa vibaya, kama vile Quakers walielewa vibaya vitendo vya James Nayler na Benjamin Lay, Quakers wawili wasio na woga wa zamani ambao walikataliwa walipokuwa wabunifu sana na mahubiri yao. Kwa bahati nzuri, watazamaji wa Quaker leo wako wazi zaidi kwa mbinu za ustadi. Hata hivyo, situmii kamwe mbinu zozote wakati wa mkutano wa ibada. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangu kamati hiyo ya kwanza ya uwazi miaka 15 iliyopita, nimefanya marekebisho moja katika kuelezea asili ya kazi yangu. Ndiyo, mimi ni msanii wa uigizaji, lakini idadi ya watu kwa ujumla na Marafiki wengi hawaelewi mara kwa mara vipengele vya kisiasa na kijamii vya sanaa ya uigizaji. Leo watu wanaponiuliza ninachofanya, ninawaambia, &#8221;Mimi ni mwanaharakati wa uigizaji wa tamthilia.&#8221; Kisha ninaomba msamaha, \u201cNi vigumu kueleza. Nafikiri ni lazima ujionee mwenyewe.\u201d   <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tafakari juu ya sanaa ya utendaji kati ya Marafiki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3080551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9822],"tags":[14485,16206,10736,9820,12438,11928,12027,14009,10737,10785,10787],"fpb_issue_category":[10241],"class_list":["post-3131634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vipengele","tag-benjamin-lay","tag-james-nayler","tag-kazi","tag-kutumia","tag-lgbtq","tag-mtu-aliyebadili-jinsia","tag-mwafrika-mmarekani","tag-paris","tag-quakers","tag-watazamaji","tag-wizara","fpb_issue_category-ubunifu-na-sanaa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Waziri Mgumu - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/waziri-mgumu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Waziri Mgumu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tafakari juu ya sanaa ya utendaji kati ya Marafiki.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/waziri-mgumu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-01T07:20:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/peterson1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martin Kelley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@friendsjournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martin Kelley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/waziri-mgumu\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/waziri-mgumu\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martin Kelley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7ed35dbed87f6eb86c60eeb3e20e078e\"},\"headline\":\"Waziri Mgumu\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-01T07:20:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/waziri-mgumu\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1755,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/waziri-mgumu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/peterson1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Benjamin Lay\",\"James Nayler\",\"kazi\",\"kutumia\",\"LGBTQ\",\"mtu aliyebadili jinsia\",\"Mwafrika Mmarekani\",\"Paris\",\"Quakers\",\"watazamaji\",\"wizara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Vipengele\"],\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/waziri-mgumu\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/waziri-mgumu\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/waziri-mgumu\\\/\",\"name\":\"Waziri Mgumu - 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