<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: URigoberta Menchú wazalelwa emndenini ompofu woMdabu odabuka eQiche Maya eLaj Chimel, indawo yasemakhaya esifundazweni esisenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeGuatemala i-El Quiché. Umndeni wakhe wawungomunye wemindeni eminingi yabomdabu eyayingakwazi ukuzondla ngezingcezu zomhlaba ezincane ezazishiywe nayo ngemuva kokukhishwa  <response>: Ukunqotshwa kweGuatemala yiSpain. Unina kaMenchú waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuba umbelethisi eneminyaka eyishumi nesithupha, futhi waqhubeka nokusebenzisa izitshalo zokwelapha zendabuko waze wabulawa eneminyaka engama-43. Uyise wayeyisishoshovu esivelele sokulwela amalungelo abalimi bomdabu eGuatemala. Bobabili abazali bakhe babeya njalo esontweni lamaKatolika, futhi unina wahlala exhumene kakhulu nengokomoya lakhe lamaMaya nobuntu bakhe. UMenchú uzibheka njengenhlanganisela ephelele yabazali bakhe bobabili. Ukholelwa ezimfundisweni eziningi zeSonto LamaKatolika, kodwa ithonya likanina lamaMaya nalo lafundisa uMenchú ukubaluleka kokuphila ngokuvumelana nemvelo nokulondoloza isiko lakhe lamaMaya. 