Nanini na, impikiswano John Lennon Ndingathi xa kuthethwa ngembasa ayenzileyo Beatles 'amalungu ahloniphekileyo' ye Ubukhosi baseBritani:
"Abaninzi kwabo basigxekayo ngokufumana i-MBE bafumana eyabo ngobugorha babo ekulweni; oko kukuthi, ukubulala abantu ... sifumana ezethu ngokubonelela ngokuzonwabisa kwabanye abantu ... ngoko sinokufaneleka ngaphezu kwabo".
Emva kweminyaka embalwa (1969), okufanayo lennon wathumela eli bhaso kwi Ukumkanikazi waseNgilani -ngendlela yoqhanqalazo- ngeleta ethi:
"Mhlekazi, ndikuthumelela i-MBE yam njengophawu loqhanqalazo oluchasene nokubandakanyeka kwe-UK kwityala laseNigeria-Biafra, ngokuchasene nokuxhasa imikhosi yaseMntla Melika eVietnam kunye nokwehla okumangalisayo kwengoma yam ethi 'i-turkey ebandayo' kumanqanaba asekhaya.
Ngothando, uJohn Lennon".
Ewe, le mbasa ukuba ngenxa yesizathu esithile amaNgesi agqibe kwelokuba ayigcine, isandula kufunyanwa kwibhokisi yayo yoqobo kunye neleta yoqhanqalazo evela kulowo owayesakuba-IBatle.
Umbuzo ngowokuba, baza kwenza ntoni ngayo ngoku: Ngaba baza kuyithengisa? Ngaba baya kuyifaka kwimyuziyam? Ngaba baza kuyibonisa endlwini kaLennon?
Ukuhamba | Daily Telegraph