Mu buhamya bw’umuziki, hari abahanzi bamwe bahinduye amateka, bakaba isoko y’ihumure, impinduka, n’ubumwe. N’ubwo ibintu byose bihinduka, hari amagambo n’indirimbo zibasha gutera impinduka mu buzima bw’umuntu. Lucky Dube, umuhanzi w’icyamamare mu muziki wa reggae, ni umwe mu bahanzi batazibagirana. Umuziki we ntabwo wari ugereranywa gusa n’umuziki, ahubwo wari urubuga rwo gusangiza isi ubutumwa bw’ubumwe, uburenganzira bwa muntu, n’ubutabera. Kandi n’ubwo urupfu rwe rwabaye agahinda ku bakunzi be, umurage yasigiye isi ni igihango gikomeye. None rero, reka turebe hamwe amateka ye, urugendo rwe rutangaje mu muziki, n’ubutumwa yakomeje kugeza ku bakunzi be kugeza ku mpera z’ubuzima bwe. Lucky Dube yavukiye muri Soweto, muri Johannesburg, ku itariki ya 3 Gicurasi 1964, mu muryango w’abakene. Yari umwe mu bana 7, ariko yakuze mu buzima bw’umukene, afite ibibazo by’imibereho bikomeye, cyane cyane nyuma y’urupfu rwa se. Nyuma yo gukura mu buzima bukomeye, Lucky Dube yahuye n’imbogamizi nyinshi mu rugendo rwe rw’umuziki. Akiri muto, Lucky Dube yakundaga umuziki wa reggae cyane, cyane cyane indirimbo za Bob Marley. Yatangiye kwiga kuririmba muri kiliziya, aho yiga ibikoresho by’umuziki. Akiri umwana, yaje kubona amahirwe yo gukora umuziki bwa mbere, asubiramo indirimbo za reggae n’izindi zigezweho. Ibi byamufashije gutangira kwinjira mu ruganda rw’umuziki, akinjira mu muryango wa reggae. Mu mwaka wa 1984, Lucky Dube yashyize ahagaragara album ye ya mbere yitwa “Lucky Dube and the Super Power”. Nubwo atamenyekanye cyane muri icyo gihe, ibikorwa bye byaje kumenyekana bitinze nyuma yo gushyira hanze album ye ya kabiri, “Prisoner” (1989). Iyi album niyo yamugejeje ku izina rikomeye muri Afurika y’Epfo, kandi yatumye yamenyekana mu bihugu bya Afurika yose. Iyi album yagaragazaga neza ubutumwa bwa Lucky Dube bwo kugaragaza ibibazo by’ubuzima bw’abaturage bo muri Afurika, cyane cyane ibibazo by’ubukene n’uburenganzira bwa muntu. Mu myaka yakurikiyeho, Lucky Dube yanditse album nyinshi zashegeshe imitima y’abafana, harimo “Victims” (1993) na “Soul Taker” (1999). Izi album zagaragazaga ubutumwa bw’ubumwe, urukundo, n’ubutabera, by’umwihariko ku bijyanye n’ivangura ry’amoko n’ibibazo by’uburenganzira bwa muntu muri Afurika y’Epfo mu gihe cya Apartheid. Dube yari ashyigikiye impinduka, kandi yagiraga uruhare mu bikorwa byo guhindura imyumvire no kwigisha abantu kugirana ubwumvikane no kurwanya ivangura. Mu myaka ya 1990 na 2000, Lucky Dube yashyize ahagaragara album nyinshi zakunzwe ku rwego mpuzamahanga, harimo “Different Colours” na “The Other Side” (2003). Indirimbo ze zakundwaga cyane muri Amerika, Uburayi, ndetse na Afurika. Yabashije kwitabira ibitaramo bikomeye mu bihugu bitandukanye ku isi hose. Umuziki we wa reggae, uhuza ubutumwa bw’impinduka n’ubumwe, warakunzwe cyane n’abantu bo mu bihugu bitandukanye. Lucky Dube yamenyekanye ku isi hose kubera ubutumwa bwa reggae, ariko n’ubuzima bwe bwite bwari impano. Yari umugabo w’imico myiza, kandi akunda gukorera ibikorwa by’urukundo. Yari ashyigikiye abagore, abana, ndetse no gufasha abatishoboye. Yari afite umuryango w’abana batandatu, kandi akunda kubarera no kubashyigikira mu rugendo rwabo. Ku itariki ya 18 Ukwakira 2007, Lucky Dube yatemwe n’abajura mu gace ka Rosettenville, muri Johannesburg. Yari arimo gutwara imodoka ye, kandi ubwo yageragezaga gukumira abashaka kumwiba, yararashwe. Urupfu rwe rwateye agahinda gakomeye mu bafana be n’abantu benshi mu gihugu cye ndetse no ku isi hose. Yari umuhanzi w’icyamamare, kandi urupfu rwe rwagize ingaruka zikomeye ku muziki wa reggae no ku mitima y’abantu. Nubwo Lucky Dube yitabye Imana, umurage we mu muziki no mu buzima bw’abaturage wagaragaye mu bikorwa bye byo guharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu, ubumwe n’ubutabera. Indirimbo ze zakomeje kubaho mu mitima y’abakunzi be ndetse no mu muziki wa reggae. Amagambo ye y’ubwenge, urukundo, n’impinduka bizakomeza kuba umurage udashira. Lucky Dube yakomeje kuba isoko y’ihumure no guhindura ubuzima bw’abantu benshi muri Afurika no ku isi. Lucky Dube ntabwo yabaye gusa umuhanzi w’icyamamare; yari n’umwigisha w’ubuzima. Yigishaga abantu kubana mu mahoro, guharanira amahoro no kwiyubaka. Nubwo urupfu rwe rwateye agahinda, ibikorwa bye by’umuziki bizakomeza kuba isomo rikomeye ku bantu bose bashaka gukora impinduka mu buzima no mu muryango. Amateka ya Lucky Dube aratanga ubutumwa bw’impinduka, ubwiyunge, no kubana mu mahoro. Yakoze umurimo w’indashyikirwa mu muziki wa reggae, kandi umurage we uzakomeza kubaho mu mitima y’abakunzi be, ndetse no mu buzima bw’abantu bose bafashe ubutumwa bwe nk’icyitegererezo. Ufite ibitekerezo cyangwa inyunganizi ku mateka ya Lucky Dube? Andika muri comment cyangwa utwandikire kuri email yacu: ikosoraradio@gmail.com.