Manje unezigidigidi zamaRandi, impumelelo, ukuthandwa nokuhlonishwa, kodwa ngo-1956, akukho lutho olufanekisela ukuthi emndenini waseMelika omnyama ongasebenzi, owesifazane ocebile kakhulu omnyama emhlabeni, u-Oprah, uzozalwa.
Ugogo ka-Opra emgqeni womama wayeqinile, intombazane yahamba nayo esontweni, lapho yacaphuna khona kuwo wonke amavesi eBhayibheli. UWinfrey ngesikhathi somkhankaso esontweni wanqoba wonke umuntu ngenkumbulo yakhe emangalisayo yokucaphuna iBhayibheli. Intombazane kusukela ebuntwaneni yayihlakaniphile futhi ineminyaka engama-2,5 kakade yayikwazi ukufunda nokubhala. Ugogo wayehlala epulazini elikude lapho kwakungekho ithelevishini kanye nentombazane kusukela esemncane befuna induduzo ezincwadini nemidlalo nezilwane ezifuywayo.
Lapho eya enkulisa, ngokushesha ngemuva kokuphela kwebanga lokuqala wadluliselwa kwesithathu, ngoba wagcwalisa kakhulu ikharikhulamu. Kamuva, u-Oprah wavuma ukuthi kwakungugogo wakhe owabeka induku kuye, eyamsiza ukuba aphumelele empumelelweni ekuphileni.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-6 ubudala, unina ka-Oprah wamyisa emzini wakhe edolobheni laseMilouki, lapho ayehlala khona. Ngaleso sikhathi u-Oprah wayenodadewenu nomfowabo. Kuwo wonke ama-ghetto kwakungekho njengoba kwakunzima kwendawo yasemaphandleni, konke kwakunzima nakakhulu. Le ntombazane yayishushiswa ngumzala wayo-umfowabo. Naphezu kobumpofu nobudlova, i-Oprah encane yenzeke ngezenzakalo ezehlukene, kodwa lapho eneminyaka engu-8 ubudala, yeba imali kumama wayo yagijimela kuyise, ehlala naye unyaka, bese umama wayo emthatha.
Ngo-13, waphinde wabaleka nonina, kepha lapho ephuma imali, kwadingeka abuyele, kodwa unina wamenqaba futhi intombazane yahamba iya kuyise. Wazama ngazo zonke izindlela ukufihla ukukhulelwa kwakhe futhi lapho eqaphela ukuthi akakwazi ukufihla, ephuza imbiza ye-detergent, waphonswa ngaphandle, kodwa izithelo azange zihlale isikhathi eside. U-Oprah wanxusa odokotela ukuba bafihle iqiniso ngokukhulelwa kukayise, futhi ngemva kokukhishwa, wabona ukuthi njengoba uNkulunkulu emnika ithuba lesibili, ngokuqinisekile ngeke amlahleke.
U-Oprah kamuva kwelinye lalabo abaxoxisana naye wathi lapho ingane yakhe ishona, wakhululwa, ngoba kwakungenxa yothando olungathandwayo, kodwa ngenxa yobundlobongela obhekene nalo, futhi uma esinda, uzokuzibulala, ngoba wayazi kahle ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi empilo wayengekho into enhle, futhi ngisho nangaphezulu kwengane yakhe.
Emva kwalokho, u-Oprah waqala ukuhlala noyise emndenini wakhe omusha, lapho intombazane ivele ikhule khona, ngoba yayinakekelwa futhi yayinakekelwa njalo. Ukholelwa endodakazini yakhe, wamtshela ukuthi angcono futhi intombazane yaqala ukufundela kahle, yayingenele, yafika enkonzweni yesikole, yathola imincintiswano eminingi futhi yafika ekwamukeleni uMongameli waseMelika njengommeleli wesifazane onolwazi wesifunda sakhe.
Wangena eyunivesiti futhi wahlangene nomsebenzi eziteshini zomsakazo, wahola izindaba futhi ekugcineni waqala ukuthola imali yokuqala yokubonakalayo ye-oratory yakhe. Kamuva, u-Oprah waqala ukuthwala izindaba, kodwa wazwela ngalokho okwenzekile, wasuswa ezindabeni, kodwa akazange adikibale.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, wamenywa ukuba abe uhlelo lokuzijabulisa oluholela phambili. Ngo-1984 wathuthela eChicago futhi kuleli dolobha wamiswa izindaba ezihamba phambili zokudla kwasemini. Lolu hlelo lunezinga eliphansi kunazo zonke, ngoba liphuma ngesikhathi esisodwa ngomboniso we-Phil Donahue oyinhloko. U-Opra wayengazi ukuthi ngabe umholi omnyama uyakwamukela yini, kodwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ukulinganisa kohlelo ayeholele kuyo kwavuka kakhulu, futhi manje uPhil Donahue ngokwakhe uphoqelelwe ukuba athuthele kwenye idolobha.
Ngo-1985, wagxila kwi-movie Quincey Jones "Izimbali zezamasipu", lapho athola khona "i-Oscar" ne "Golden Globe", ngemuva kokuba elala ezinkampanini eziningi futhi ewakhulume, kodwa uthola ukuthi uyamukelwa emva kwakhe I-debut yefilimu ayikwazanga.
Isiqephu sefilimu samenza sithandwa kakhulu futhi samsiza embukisweni wakhe omusha "I-Oprah Winfrey Show." Lo mbukiso wawukhona ngabaholi bezombusazwe kanye nezombusazwe, ama-computer geniuses, nezinkanyezi eziningi zebhizinisi lase-Hollywood ezibonisa. Namuhla kulula ukukusho ukuthi ubani owayengekho ohlangothini luka-Oprah, kunokuba abhale uhlu lwabo ababenalo. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa nje kuphela waba ngumama wesifazane omnandi kakhulu, ngoba wayengekho nje ukuhola imibukiso yakhe, wazizwa futhi wabeka umphefumulo wabo kuwo.
Embukisweni wakhe weza nabalobi, umphumela walokhu ukuthi izincwadi zabo zaqothululwa emashalofini ngosuku olulandelayo, u-Oprah jikelele waba ngumkhangisi wangempela ongazange amemezele ngokuqondile lokhu noma lowo mkhiqizo.
Ngemva kokuthola inzuzo enkulu, uWinfrey othakazelisayo wanquma ukuthenga i-studio yakhe yefilimu, futhi wabhalisa eqinile, okhiqiza imikhiqizo ehlukene yethelevishini. Ingeniso yakhe yaqala ukwanda ngokushesha nangesikhathi esiningi, wangena ohlwini lweForbes. NgoMeyi 2011, waqedela umbukiso wakhe "Oprah Winfrey Show" wabe esethi izilaleli. Ngokushesha, i-OWN yathuthulela izethameli zayo ezethameli, abalaleli bazo kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi kwababukeli bezigidi ezingu-80.
Njengoba sekushiwo ngenhla, i-Oprah ayikwazi ukwenza imali nje kuphela, kodwa iphinde iyisebenzise ekusizeni, isekela izikole e-Afrika, yasiza amaHaiti ahlupheka ngemva kokuzamazama komhlaba.
Mhlawumbe, imfihlo yokuthandwa kwalesi wesifazane ukuthi uthembekile phambi kwakhe futhi unomthwalo wemfanelo omkhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe futhi awufihla izinkinga zakhe zangempela.
Ngesikhathi evuma ukuthi wayebhekana nobunzima obunzima ngokweqile iminyaka eminingi, futhi ukuqina okunzima nokudla okunzima akuzange kuholele kunoma yini enhle, ngoba wabona ukuthi ukunyuka ngokweqile kubonisa izinkinga zangaphakathi zakhe, okwakungakwazi ukulahla nokulahla isisindo esiningi.
Njengoba sibona, kuye cishe iminyaka engama-60 uWinfrey uzuze konke owesifazane webhizinisi angaphupha, unemali eningi, ukuvuma izono, abangane abaningi, kodwa-ke, akakaze ashade futhi engenabantwana.
Sekuyiminyaka engaba ngu-20 ube nobuhlobo obude noSteadman Graham. Leli bhizinisi lahlula inhliziyo ka-Oprah, baze bamemezela ukuhlanganyela kwabo, kodwa uWinfrey washintsha ingqondo yakhe, waba nomuzwa wokuthi uma beshada ngokusemthethweni, ubuhlobo babo buyophela, kanti uSteadman akazange akwazi ukushada.
Uvuma ukuthi wayebuhlungu kathathu, futhi ngemuva kokuhlukana nesoka lakhe ngo-1981, wayefuna ukuzibulala ngokuphelele. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, wanquma ukuthi empilweni yakhe akekho omunye ozoba phakathi kwakhe nomsebenzi wakhe, ngakho akakaze ashade.
Uthanda ukuphumelela, ekufuneni futhi wazidela umndeni wakhe kanye nenjabulo yokuba ngumama, ukuze abe nocebile.