Tsopano iye ali ndi mabiliyoni a madola, kupambana, kutchuka ndi kulemekezedwa, koma, mu 1956, palibe chomwe chinkasonyeza kuti mu banja la a ku America wakuda ntchito, mkazi wakuda kwambiri wakuda kwambiri padziko lonse, Oprah, adzabadwira.
Agogo ake a Opra omwe anali amayi awo anali ovuta, mtsikanayo anapita naye ku tchalitchi, kumene iye anagwira mawu m'mavesi onse a m'Baibulo. Winfrey panthawi yachitukuko mu tchalitchi anagonjetsa aliyense ndi kukumbukira kwake kodabwitsa kolemba Baibulo. Msungwanayo kuyambira ali mwana anali wochenjera ndipo ali ndi zaka 2,5 anali atatha kale kuwerenga ndi kulemba. Agogo aakazi ankakhala kumudzi wakulima wamtunda kumene kunalibe televizioni ndipo mtsikanayo adakali wamng'ono anali kufunafuna chitonthozo m'mabuku ndi masewera.
Pamene anapita ku sukulu ya sukulu, atangomaliza kalasi yoyamba adatumizidwira ku lachitatu, chifukwa adakwaniritsa maphunziro ake. Patapita nthawi, Oprah adavomereza kuti ndi agogo ake omwe anaika ndodoyo, yomwe idamuthandiza kuti apambane.
Ali ndi zaka 6, mayi ake a Oprah anamutengera kunyumba kwake mumzinda wa Milouki, kumene ankakhala ku ghetto. Nthawi yomwe Oprah anali ndi mlongo wa theka ndi m'bale wake. Mu ghetto chirichonse sichinali momwe zinaliri kumidzi yakutali, chirichonse chinali cholimba kwambiri. Msungwanayo adachitidwa chiwawa ndi msuweni wake. Ngakhale kuti umphaŵi ndi chiwawa, Oprah wamng'onoyo anachita zochitika zosiyanasiyana, koma ali ndi zaka 8 anaba ndalama kuchokera kwa amayi ake ndipo anathamangira kwa bambo ake, omwe anakhala nawo kwa chaka, ndipo amayi ake anamutenga.
Ali ndi zaka 13, adathamanganso kwa amayi ake, koma atataya ndalama, anayenera kubwerera, koma amayi ake anamukana ndipo mtsikanayo anapita kwa bambo ake. Anayesera njira iliyonse kuti abise mimba yake ndipo atazindikira kuti sangathe kubisala, kumwa botolo la detergent, anaponyedwa kunja, koma chipatso sichinakhalitse. Oprah anakopa madokotala kuti abise choonadi ponena za mimba yake kuchokera kwa abambo ake, ndipo atatha kumasulidwa, adazindikira kuti popeza Mulungu amupatsa mwayi wachiwiri, ndithudi samuphonya.
Oprah mtsogolo mwa imodzi mwa zokambirana zake adanena kuti mwana wake akamwalira, amamasulidwa, chifukwa anali chifukwa cha chikondi chochuluka, koma chifukwa cha chiwawa chimene anali nacho, ndipo ngati atapulumuka, adzipha, popeza ankadziwa bwino kuti panthaŵi imeneyo m'moyo analibe ubwino uliwonse, ndipo makamaka kwa mwana wakeyo.
Pambuyo pake, Oprah anayamba kukhala ndi bambo ake m'banja lake latsopano, kumene mtsikanayo anangoyamba kumene, chifukwa ankamvetsera mwachidwi komanso ankasamalidwa bwino. Anakhulupilira mwana wake wamkazi, anamuuza kuti akhoza kukhala bwino ndipo msungwanayo anayamba kuphunzira bwino, akuloledwa, adalowa mu sukulu, adapeza mpikisano wambiri ndikupita ku phwando ndi Pulezidenti waku America ngati nthumwi yachinyamata wampingo wa dera lake.
Analowa ku yunivesite ndipo adagwirizanitsa ntchito pa ma wailesi, adatsogolera nkhaniyo ndipo potsiriza anayamba kupeza ndalama zoyambirira zolemba zake. Patapita nthawi, Oprah anayamba kunyamula nkhani, koma iye anamva chisoni ndi zomwe zinachitika, adachotsedwa pa nkhani, koma sanasiye.
Patapita nthawi, iye anapemphedwa kuti akhale pulogalamu yotsogolera zosangalatsa. Mu 1984 anasamukira ku Chicago ndipo mumzindawu adasankhidwa kuti adze nkhani zamadzulo. Pulogalamuyi inali ndi chiwerengero chochepa kwambiri, chifukwa chinatuluka nthawi imodzi ndi chithunzi cha Phil Donahue. Opra ankakayikira ngati mtsogoleri wakuda adzalandira, koma mu miyezi ingapo chabe, ndondomeko ya pulogalamu imene adatsogoleredwa inakwera kwambiri, ndipo tsopano Phil Donahue mwiniwakeyo anakakamizika kusamukira ku mzinda wina.
Mu 1985, adajambula mu filimu yotchedwa Quincey Jones "Maluwa okongola", omwe adalandira "Oscar" ndi "Golden Globe", atatha kuonera mafilimu ambiri ndikuwafotokozera, koma adakumbukira kuti adalandira pambuyo pake chiwonetsero cha filimu sichinathe.
Chiwonetserochi chinamupangitsa kukhala wotchuka kwambiri ndipo adamuthandiza pawonekedwe lake latsopano "Oprah Winfrey Show." Chiwonetserochi chinakonzedwa ndi ndale ndi ndale, akatswiri a makompyuta, ndi nyenyezi zambiri za bizinesi ya Hollywood. Masiku ano ndi kosavuta kunena kuti sanali ndani pa mbali ya Oprah, kuposa kuti alembe anthu omwe anali nawo. Mu miyezi yochepa chabe adatembenukira kwa abwenzi abwino kwambiri, chifukwa sanali kumutsogolera, adawamva ndikuika moyo wawo.
Pawonetsero wake anabwera ndipo adalemba, zotsatira za izi ndikuti mabuku awo adachotsedwa pamasalefu tsiku lotsatira, Oprah adasanduka wogulitsa weniweni yemwe sanalengeze izi kapena mankhwalawa.
Atapeza ndalama zambiri, Winfrey wodabwitsa anaganiza zogula yekha filimuyo, ndipo adalembanso kuti alimbikitse, zomwe zimapanga ma TV osiyanasiyana. Ndalama zake zinayamba kuwonjezeka mofulumira komanso patapita nthawi, adalowa mundandanda wa Forbes. Mu May 2011, anamaliza kusonyeza "Oprah Winfrey Show" ndipo adayankhula kwa omvera. Posakhalitsa, OWN adayambitsa omvera ake omwe amamvetsera, omwe omvera kuyambira pachiyambi cha polojekitiyo anali owona mamiliyoni 80.
Monga tanenera kale, Oprah sangakwanitse kupeza ndalama zokha, komanso amathera pa chikondi, amapereka sukulu ku Africa, athandiza anthu a ku Haiti omwe adagwa pambuyo povomezi.
Mwinamwake, chinsinsi cha kutchuka kwa mkazi uyu ndikuti iye ndi woona mtima pamaso payekha ndipo ali ndi udindo waukulu pa ntchito yake ndipo samabisa mavuto ake enieni.
Pamene adavomereza kuti adali ndi vuto lolemetsa kwa zaka zambiri, komanso kuti thupi lake likhale lopweteka komanso zakudya zowononga sizinawathandize, chifukwa adazindikira kuti kulemera kwakukulu kumakhala mavuto a mkati mwake, omwe adatha kuchotsa ndi kutaya kulemera kwakukulu.
Monga tikuonera, Winfrey wachita pafupifupi zaka 60 zonse zomwe mkazi wa bizinesi angakwanitse, ali ndi ndalama zambiri, kuvomereza, amzanga ambiri, koma tsoka, sanakwatire ndipo alibe mwana.
Kwa zaka pafupifupi 20 wakhala ndi ubale wautali ndi Steadman Graham. Mkazi wamalonda uyu adagonjetsa mtima wa Oprah, ndipo adalengeza kuti adagwirizana nawo, koma Winfrey anasintha maganizo ake, adawona kuti ngati akwatirana mwalamulo, ndiye kuti chibwenzi chawo chitha kutha, ndipo Steadman sanamvere, choncho sanakwatirane.
Iye adanena kuti anakhumudwa katatu, ndipo atatha kuswa ndi chibwenzi chake mu 1981, adafuna kudzipha palimodzi. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, adaganiza kuti m'moyo mwake palibe wina aliyense amene adzakhala pakati pa iye ndi ntchito yake, kotero iye sanakwatirepo.
Amakonda kukhala wopambana, pakufunidwa ndipo iye mosamala anapereka banja lake ndi chisangalalo cha amayi, kuti akhale wolemera.