Mazhar Makatemele’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African maid
Was Maid
From South Africa
Gender female
Birth

1846, Natal Province, South Africa

Death

1903
(aged 57 years)

Mazhar Makatemele , född 1846 i Natal, Sydafrika, död 1903, var en afrosvensk piga. Hon ska ha utgjort inspiration för “Svarta Sara” i Lina Sandells väckelsesång ”Där uppe ingen död skall vara” från 1896.

Hon föddes i Natal i Sydafrika. Som barn överfölls hennes hemby, och hon tillfångatogs och såldes som slav bland boerna i Sydafrika. Hon hamnade slutligen hos den i småländske affärsmannen Alarik Forssman och hans familj, som med några andra svenskar hade grundat den svenska jordbrukskolonin “Scandinavia” i Sydafrika. Forssman anställde hennes som piga och höll henne inte som slav, och hon blev därmed fri.

När familjen Forssman återvände till Kalmar i Sverige 1862, följde hon och en annan piga, Dina Maria, med dem. De väckte stort uppseende i Sverige. När Forssman återvände till Sydafrika, valde Mazhar att stanna kvar i Sverige: hon hade varit gravid redan innan de avreste från Sydafrika, och födde en dotter i Sverige. Hon anställdes som piga av handelsmannen Carl Johan Borell, aktiv inom läsarmissionen i Kalmar, konverterade till kristendomen och döptes till Sara. I Kalmar blev hon känd som “Svarta Sara”. Hon anställdes sedan som piga hos Cecilia Fryxell i Flickskolan på Rostad. Hennes dotter döptes till Emelie “Millan” Cecilia Maria Boy (1862–1900) efter Cecilia, och fick gå i flickskolan som elev; som vuxen blev hon pianolärare och sömmerska. Hon avled ogift och barnlös tre år före sin mor. Mazhar Makatemele beskrivs som en respekterad person i Kalmar, då hon uppfattades som ett exempel på kristendomens frälsning genom sin konvertering, och hon ska ha blivit en nära vän till Cecilia Fryxell. Hon avled i njurinflammation och begravdes på Södra kyrkogården i Kalmar under namnet ”Kafferkvinnan Sara. Död 1903.”

En skylt om hennes livsöde sattes 2017 upp som minnesmärke i Kalmar.

Källor

  • Anderö, Per, Sara: Mazahr Makatemeles liv i 1800-talets Sydafrika och Kalmar, GML förlag, Stockholm, 2017
  • Rafaela Stålbalk Klose: En värdig grav åt ”Svarta Sara”, Sveriges Radio, 2018.
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