Umuhango wo gutaha iri zina wabaye ku wa 22 Nzeri 2026, aho Ye ubwe yari ahari. Donda West yibukwa cyane nk’umwarimu, intiti, umwanditsi n’umuntu wagize uruhare mu guteza imbere uburezi n’impano z’urubyiruko.
Umujyi wa Chicago watangiye kwifashisha izina Dr. Donda West Way ku gice cya 78th Street giherereye mu gace ka South Shore, mu rwego rwo guha icyubahiro Dr. Donda West, nyina w’umuhanzi w’Umunyamerika Ye, wahoze azwi nka Kanye West.
Ku wa Kabiri tariki ya 22 Nzeri 2026, habaye umuhango wo gutaha iri zina, ku ihuriro rya 78th Street na South Shore Drive. Ye yari muri uyu muhango ndetse afatanya n’umuyobozi w’Akarere ka 7, Greg Mitchell, gushyira ahagaragara icyapa cyanditseho izina rya nyina.
Donda West ntabwo yari azwi gusa nk’umubyeyi wa Ye. Yari umwarimu wa kaminuza, intiti, umwanditsi akaba n’umushakashatsi w’Umufulbright. Yamaze imyaka isaga 20 yigisha muri Chicago State University, aho yanabaye umuyobozi w’ishami ry’Ubwongereza.
Yagize kandi uruhare mu ishingwa rya Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing, ikigo cyibanda ku guteza imbere ubuvanganzo bw’Abirabura no gufasha abanditsi bakiri bato guteza imbere impano zabo.
Abantu bakuriye hafi ye bavuga ko Donda West yagize uruhare rukomeye mu kurera no guteza imbere urubyiruko rwo muri South Shore. Inzu umuryango we wabagamo yabaye ahantu Ye n’inshuti ze bahuriraga bakiri bato, bakandika ndetse bagakora umuziki. Ni na ho ibikorwa by’umuziki bya Ye byatangiye gutera imbere.
Che “Rhymefest” Smith, umuraperi akaba n’umwe mu bantu bakuriye hafi ya Donda West, yavuze ko atagomba kwibukwa gusa nk’umubyeyi wa Ye, ahubwo ko yari umugore wagize uruhare mu kurera no kuyobora urubyiruko rwinshi rwo muri ako gace.
Abandi bantu bari bazi Donda West bavuze ko yashyigikiraga Ye n’inshuti ze mu gihe batangiraga gukora umuziki. Yabafashaga no kumenya akamaro ko kwiga, gukora no kugira inshingano.
Donda West kandi yagize uruhare mu bikorwa by’ubucuruzi bya mbere bya Ye. Abamukuriye bavuga ko yamufashije gushyiraho imishinga ye y’ubucuruzi ndetse akamwigisha ibijyanye no gucunga imitungo n’imari.
Umuhango wo kumwibuka wahuje abo mu muryango we, inshuti, abahoze bakorana na we, abayobozi ndetse n’abaturage bo muri South Shore. Kuba izina rye ryarashyizwe kuri uyu muhanda bifatwa nk’uburyo bwo kubika umurage we mu gace yakoreyemo kandi yabayemo igihe kinini.
Donda West yitabye Imana mu 2007 afite imyaka 58, nyuma y’ubuzima bwamuranzweho n’uburezi, ubuvanganzo, ubucuruzi no gufasha urubyiruko. Ubu igice cya 78th Street kiri hagati ya South Shore Drive na Coles Avenue gifite n’izina ry’icyubahiro rya Dr. Donda West Way.