Ubucuruzi bwa Buhinde, ubukoloni na sisitemu yisi yose

Amateka, Cottons nziza yakozwe mubuhinde yoherejwe muburayi. Hamwe n’inganda, ibirindiro by’ipamba by’Ubwongereza byatangiye kwaguka, kandi Inganda zatangiye guhatira Guverinoma kugabanya Ipamba Ibiciro byashyizweho ku mwenda uhazaga mu Bwongereza. Kubera iyo mpamvu, ikiganza cyiza cyo mu Buhinde cyatangiye kugabanuka.

Kuva mu ntangiriro z’ikinyejana cya cumi n’icyenda, abakora bo mu Bwongereza na bo batangiye gushaka amasoko yo mu mahanga ku mwenda wabo. Ukuyemo isoko ry’Ubwongereza by inzitizi za garify, imyenda y’Abahinde ubu yahuye n’amarushanwa akomeye mu yandi masoko mpuzamahanga. Niba turebye imibare yohereza ibicuruzwa hanze, tubona kugabanuka k’umugabane w’ipamba: kuva ku ya 30 ku ijana ku ya 1800 kugeza ku ya 1815. Mugihe cya 1870 iyi nkuru yagabanutse munsi ya 3%.

None se, ni ubuhe buhinde bwohereza hanze? Imibare yongeye kuvuga inkuru itangaje. Mugihe ibyoherezwa mu mahanga byanze vuba, byohereza ibicuruzwa by’ifatizo byiyongera vuba. Hagati ya 1812 na 1871, umugabane wa Cotton yinjira mu garuka mu mahanga yazamutse kuva kuri 5% kugeza 35 ku ijana. Indigo ikoreshwa mu mwenda wangirika ni ikindi cyohereza ibicuruzwa mu myaka mirongo. Kandi, nkuko wasomye umwaka ushize, kohereza mu Bushinwa byiyongera byihuse kuva mu myaka ya 1820 kugeza igihe gito cyohereza ibicuruzwa mu Buhinde. Ubwongereza bumaze gukura mu Buhinde kandi yokohereza mu Bushinwa kandi, amafaranga yinjije binyuze muri iri tanga ko yateye inkunga icyayi ndetse n’ibindi bitumizwa mu Bushinwa.

Ku kinyejana cya cumi n’icyenda, ibikorwa byo mu Bwongereza byuzuza isoko ry’Ubuhinde. Ibiryo byo mu biribwa n’ibikoresho byohereza ibicuruzwa mu Buhinde kugeza mu Bwongereza ndetse no ku isi yose byariyongereye. Ariko agaciro kwohereza mu Buhinde mu Buhinde byari hejuru cyane kuruta agaciro k’abongereza baturikiye mu Buhinde. Rero Ubwongereza bwari bufite ‘ubucuruzi busagutse’ hamwe nu Buhinde. Ubwongereza bwakoresheje iyi surplus kugirango irinde ibiyobyabwenge byayo ibiyobyabwenge n’ibindi bihugu – ni ukuvuga hamwe n’ibihugu britain byatumije ibirenze ibirenze ibyo byagurishijwe. Uku nuburyo sisitemu yo gutuza byinshi ikora – yemerera icyuho cyigihugu kimwe nikindi gihugu gukemurwa nubusa burenze hamwe nigihugu cya gatatu. Mu gufasha Ubwongereza Briquain ibishyimbo ryayo, mu Buhinde yagize uruhare rukomeye mu bukungu bw’isi y’isi yo mu kinyejana cya cumi.

Amafaranga yo kwishyura Ubwongereza mu Buhinde na we yafashije kwishyura ‘amafaranga yo mu rugo’ arimo kohereza amafaranga ku madeni y’Ubwongereza n’abacuruzi, kwishyura inyungu ku maboko yo hanze y’Ubuhinde mu Buhinde.   Language: Rwandi