Umwirabura witwa John Lewis, umwe mu barwaniye uburenganzira bw’abirabura muri Amerika, akaba yarabaye n’umudepite yapfuye afite imyaka 80.

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Lewis yari umwe mu bantu batandatu bakomeye baharaniye uburenganzira bw’abirabura, muri bo hakaba harimo Martin Luther King Jr, wateguye imyigaragambyo ikomeye yabaye mu 1963 i Washington.

Yabaye umudepite mu ishyaka ry’abaharanira Demokarasi (Democrates), akaba yaraserukiye akarere ko murwa mukuru w’iyo ntara, Atlanta.

Mu Ukuboza2019, Lewis yatangaje ko yagiye kwipimisha bakamusangana kanseri yo mu rwagasha yari igeze ku cyiciro cya kane, ni ukuvuga ko yari yakwirakwiye mu bindi bice by’umubiri bitandukanye.

Icyo gihe yagize ati: "Ubuzima bwanjye hafi ya bwose, nabumaze ndwanya akarengane, ndwanira uburenganzira bwa muntu. Sinigeze ndwana intambara nk’iyi".

Mu gihe cy’imyigaragambyo yo kurwanira uburenganzira bw’abirabura muri Amerika, Lewis ni umwe mu batangije umutwe w’abanyeshuri bazira ivangura (SNCC),nyuma arawuyobora kuva 1963 kugeza 1966.

Ni umwe mu bateguye banatanga ijambo mu gihe cy’imyigaragambyo ya Washington, imyigaragambyo Martin Luther King yavugiyemo ijambo ryamamaye kugeza n’ubu ryiswe ’I Have a Dream (Mfite inzozi)’.

Umukuru w’inteko ishingamategeko ya USA, umu Democrate Nancy Pelosi, yemeje urupfu rwa Lewis mu itangazo yacishije ku rubuga rwa Interineti rwe no ku mbuga nkoranyambaga.

Yanditse ko Lewis "yari intwari mu kurwanira uburenganzira bwa muntu, ubwiza bwe n’ubutwari bikaba byarahinduye igihugu cyacu", kandi ko nk’umudepite "yubahwa kandi agakundwa n’impande zompi mu nteko ishinga amategeko.”

Amakuru y’urupfu rwe amaze kumenyekana, ishyirahamwe rirwanira uburenganzira bwa munt, NAACP ryanditse ubutumwa kuri Twitter rivuga ko "ribabaye cyane".

Iti: "Urugamba rwe rwo kurwanira ubutabera, uburinganire kuri bose hamwe n’ubwigenge rwasize amateka akomeye ku gihugu cyacu n’isi yose".

Elizabeth Warren, umwe mu bigeze kwiyamamariza kuba umukuru w’igihugu, yanditse ubutumwa ku rubuga rwa Twitter avuga ati Lewis "yari intwari nyayo ya Amerika n’indorerwamo y’igihugu cyacu".

BBC