Iye zvino ane mabhiriyoni emadhora, kubudirira, mukurumbira uye kuremekedzwa, asi ipapo, muna 1956, hapana chakafananidzira kuti mumhuri yevasingadi vemuAmerica, mukadzi wepfuma mushoma munyika yose, Oprah, achazvarwa.
Amai vaOpra pamusana mamai vakanga vakasimba, musikana akaenda naye kuchechi, kwaakatora kubva mumagwaro ose eBhaibheri. Winfrey panguva yemushandirapamwe muchechi yakakunda munhu wese neyekuyeuka kwekuyeuka kwekuverenga Bhaibheri. Musikana kubva paudiki akanga akangwara uye ava nemakore 2,5 akatokwanisa kuverenga nekunyora. Ambuya vaigara mune imwe nzvimbo yepurazi iri kure uko kwakanga kusina terevhizheni uye musikana kubva achiri muduku aitsvaka nyaradzo mumabhuku nemitambo nemhuka dzemhuka.
Paakaenda kuchikoro chechikoro, pakarepo mushure mekupera kwegiredhi yekutanga akaendeswa kune chechitatu, nokuti akazadzisa zvidzidzo. Gare gare, Oprah akabvuma kuti aiva mbuya vake vakaisa tsvimbo maari, iyo yakamubatsira kuti abudirire kubudirira muupenyu.
Pazera remakore matanhatu, mai vaOprah vakamuendesa kumba kwake muguta reMilouki, kwaaigara mughetto. Panguva iyo Oprah aiva nehanzvadzi nehafu nehanzvadzi. Mune ghetto zvinhu zvose zvakanga zvisina kufanana nedzimba iri kumaruwa ari kure, zvose zvakanga zvakanyanya kuoma. Musikana uyu akaiswa pasi pechisimba nehanzvadzi yake-hafu-mukoma. Pasinei nourombo uye zvechisimba, Oprah shomanana yakaitwa mumitambo yakasiyana-siyana, asi pazera remakore masere iye akabbira mari kuna amai vake ndokumhanya kuna baba vake, vaakagara naye gore, uye mai vake vakamutora.
Pa13, iye zvakare akamhanya kubva kuna amai vake, asi paakabuda mumari, aifanira kudzoka, asi amai vake vakaramba uye musikana akaenda kuna baba vake. Akaedza nenzira dzose paaigona kuviga pamuviri wake uye paakaziva kuti haakwanise kuvanza, kunwa chirongo chemvura, akadzingwa kunze, asi chibereko hachina kugara kwenguva refu. Oprah akakurudzira vanachiremba kuti vadzike chokwadi pamusoro pekuzvitakura kwake kubva kuna baba vake, uye mushure mokunge asunungurwa, akaziva kuti sezvo Mwari achimupa mukana wechipiri, zvirokwazvo haazomusiyi.
Oprah mushure meimwe yevvunzurudzo dzake akati mwana wake paakafa, akazorodzwa, nokuti yakanga iri mugumisiro wekusava norudo rwakawanda, asi zvechisimba chaakaiswa pasi, uye kana akapona, aizombozviuraya, sezvo aiziva zvakakwana kuti panguva iyoyo muhupenyu akanga asina chakanaka, uye kunyanya kumwana wake.
Mushure mezvo, Oprah akatanga kugara nababa vake mumhuri yake mutsva, apo musikana wacho akangoerekana atumbuka, nokuti aibhadharwa uye mune zvose zvaaitarisira. Akatenda mumwanasikana wake, akamuudza kuti aigona kuva nani uye musikana wacho akatanga kudzidza zvakanaka, ainge aita basa rekudzidzisa, akapinda muchitoro chechikoro, akapinda mumakwikwi akasiyana-siyana uye akapinda kugamuchiri pamwe neMutungamiri weAmerica semumirire wevechipo vane ruzivo rweharaunda rake.
Akapinda yunivhesiti uye akabatanidza basa pazviterevhizheni, akatungamirira mashoko uye pakupedzisira akatanga kuwana mari yekutanga yekuti ataure. Gare gare, Oprah akatanga kutakura nhau, asi iye akanzwira tsitsi nezvakaitika, akabviswa pamashoko, asi haana kurega.
Nokufamba kwenguva, akakumbirwa kuti ave purogiramu yekuvaraidza inotungamirira. Muna 1984 akatamira kuChicago uye muguta rino akasarudzwa kuti ave mutungamiri wemasikati. Iyi purogiramu yaiva nechepamusoro, sezvo yakabuda panguva imwe chete nemuenzaniso wezvakaitika Phil Donahue. Opra haana chokwadi kana mutungamiri mutema aizobvuma, asi mumwedzi mishomanana uwandu hwepurogiramu yaakange ari kutungamira yakasimuka zvakanyanya, uye iye zvino Phil Donahue pachake akatomanikidzwa kuenda kune rimwe guta.
Muna 1985, akatarisa mufirimu Quincey Jones "Michero yeminda yepepuru", iyo yaakagamuchira "Oscar" uye "Golden Globe", mushure mokunge aine nyota mumafirimu mazhinji uye akazvitaura, asi achiri kugona kuziva kuti akagamuchira pashure pake film debut yakanga isingagoni.
Iyi mafirimu akatanga kuita kuti ave akakurumbira uye akamubatsira muhurukuro yake itsva "Oprah Winfrey Show." Izvi zvinoratidza kuti zvakapinda nevematongerwo enyika uye vezvematongerwe enyika, makombiyuta mageni, uye nyenyedzi dzakawanda dzeHollywood kuratidza bhizinesi. Nhasi zviri nyore kutaura kuti ndiani akanga asiri padivi reOprah, pane kunyora avo vaiva nazvo. Mumwedzi mishomanana chete akashandura kuva shamwari dzakanaka dzemadzimai, nokuti akanga asiri kungomutungamirira, akarinzwa ndokuisa mweya yavo mukati mavo.
Pamuenzaniso wake wakauya uye vanyori, chikonzero cheizvi ndechokuti mabhuku avo aibviswa pamashalofu zuva raitevera, kazhinji Oprah akazova muchengeti chaiye uyo asina kuzivisa zvakananga izvi kana kuti icho chibereko.
Mushure mokuwana mari yakawanda, Winfrey anoshamwaridzana akasarudza kutenga yake pikicha yemavhidhiyo, uye akazvinyorawo nechisimba, iyo inobudisa mitambo yakasiyana-siyana yeTV. Mari yake yakatanga kuwedzera nokukurumidza zvikuru uye kupfuura nguva, akapinda muForbes. MunaMuvhuro 2011, akapedza iye akaratidza "Oprah Winfrey Show" uye akataura zvakanaka kune vateereri. Nenguva isipi, OWN yakatanga vateereri vateerevhizheni, avo vateereri kubva pakutanga kweprojekti vakange vari mamiriyoni makumi matanhatu ekuona.
Sezvatotaurwa pamusoro apa, Oprah haagoni kungoita mari yakanaka chete, asiwo anoipedzera pane rudo, anotsigira zvikoro muAfrica, akabatsira vaHaiti vanotambura mushure mekudengenyeka kwenyika.
Zvichida, chakavanzika chekufarirwa kwemukadzi uyu ndechekuti akatendeseka mberi kwake pachake uye ane hanya zvikuru nebasa rake uye haavanze matambudziko ake chaiwo.
Pane imwe nguva akabvuma kuti ainetseka nekuremedza kwake kwakanyanya kwemakore mazhinji, uye kushaya simba kwakakwana uye kudya kwakasimba hakuna kuisa kune chimwe chinhu chakanakisisa, nokuti akaziva kuti kuwedzera kudhura kuri kuratidzira matambudziko ake emukati, ayo aikwanisa kukwanisa kubvisa ndokurasira kurema kuwedzera.
Sezvatinoona, mukati mavo makore makumi matanhatu Winfrey akawana zvose izvo mukadzi webhizimisi angarota, ane mari yakawanda, kureurura, shamwari dzakawanda, asi zvinosuwisa, haana kumboroora uye haana vana.
Kwemakore anenge makumi maviri akave neukama hurefu naSteadman Graham. Bhizimisi uyu akakunda mwoyo waOntrah, uye ivo vakatotaurirana kubatanidzwa kwavo, asi ipapo Winfrey akachinja pfungwa yake, akafunga kuti kana vakaroorana zvepamutemo, ipapo hukama hwavo hunogona kuguma, uye Steadman haana kufunga, saka havana kuroora.
Akabvuma kuti akaora mwoyo katatu, uye pashure pokunge aputsa mukomana wake muna 1981, aida kuzviuraya zvachose. Kubvira ipapo, akasarudza kuti muupenyu hwake hakuna mumwe munhu achava pakati pake nebasa rake, saka iye asati atoroora.
Anoda kubudirira, mukutsvaga uye akazvipira achibayira mhuri yake uye mufaro wekuva amai, kuitira kuti vave vapfumi.