Ngo-1813, yena wazalwa eScotland, uDavid Livingstone, Ngokuzayo usosayensi, isihambi, umhloli wamazwe, isithunywa sevangeli futhi umshumayeli. Kakade indoda ovuthiwe ngo-1841 Livingstone wayeyisithunywa sevangeli e-izifundazwe ezimbalwa Afrika. Ukulandela imisebenzi yayo, umhloli wamazwe abanesibindi bahamba yezwekazi lase-Afrika kude naseduze, futhi ngo-1855 saya ku-mission uhambo eduze eMfuleni iZambezi. Ngemva kwamasonto amabili, isikebhe Livingston wafika abanye ngendlela emangalisayo ezinomsindo, Imoto yayisikhahlameza indawo lapho amafu umusi wasukuma ukuze esibhakabhakeni kanye umoya ngaphambi kokuba amanzi emfuleni, njengomuntu abathukuthele, wathumba kude, futhi endaweni ethile ngaphambi, kakade ongabonakali, okwesabekayo buyachitha phansi endaweni ethile. Kwakuwusuku impophoma ngobukhulu, wambona isihambi ekuphileni kwakhe. Wenza okuvelayo ehlala njalo!
David Linvingston baba European lokuqala ababona Afrika impophoma ezinkulu Mauzy-a-tunya, noma intuthu Gremyashchy. Ukugxilisa amehlo ethu, isihambi ngakwazi ukuqonda amandla engokwemvelo. Impophoma welulela by ibanga mayelana nanhlanu amakhilomitha, futhi ukuphakama iconsi lamanzi kwaba amamitha okungenani 120.
I Scot iyiphayona okwakushiwo yilesi simangaliso bemvelo, wasebenzisa ilungelo lakhe a ukuphayona futhi okuthiwa waterfall behlonipha yabo ohlonishwayo Queen of England. Ngakho on the amabalazwe kunesinye engokwemvelo - le Victoria Falls. Kuze kube namuhla, Victoria iyona impophoma ngobukhulu iyona isici esikhanga kakhulu nge kwezwekazi lase-Afrika, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezivakashi lesi simanga zemvelo. Ngo-1905, lo jantshi yakhelwe ukuqala uhambo, futhi wathola isimo ezindaweni ezikhethekile Luhambo wavakashela. Ngqo emaphethelweni eweni, ngandlela-thile kwakheka umgodi elincane phansi amangelengele emfuleni, cishe ababili amamitha ezijulile namamitha 50 ububanzi. Amanzi kule umcengezi kancane kuphela olubilayo, ngokungafani nazo zonke ezinye eweni, izimpophoma Ilahla izigidi zamathani amanzi abilayo.
Kuyinto inkatho esingokwemvelo ngokushesha abakhethiwe yizivakashi futhi eminye imiphefumulo abanesibindi, uzizwa ephephile, wabhukuda waphumela ngaphandle emaphethelweni bese izithombe begijima phansi ukugeleza kwamanzi. Victoria izikhonzi sebekubeke kuqhathaniswa enjalo estremalnogo ukuzijabulisa, kodwa kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya kakhulu, njengoba ukwazi akaphinde asibalele, futhi buyela yemvelo yokubhukuda engenakwenzeka. Kube khona izindaba eziningana lapho mahamba-nendlwana ukusiza abanganaki iphuka, kodwa ngisho ukufa umzamo kothile akagcini lonke. Waterfall ngobukhulu e-Afrika akuyona into izisulu.
Ngezinye eVictoria Falls Livingstone kuyinto lesikhumbuzo, it is ezibaziweyo kusukela ngetshe elilodwa ukuphakama kwakhe ngokugcwele. Nasi eminye iyisiqhingi, yaqanjwa sevangeli. Uma kwenzeka amasiko uya kubathakathi, nabathakathi kanye Labelaphi. Okwamanje, esiqhingini ethule, it iyindawo izivakashi yokuzilibazisa ngezinga elingakanani. Kodwa on the Bridge Izingozi esakhiwe esanda kutholakala ukuthi izivakashi kanye overhangs waterfall, ngempela ezinomsindo ngoba lo msindo wobulili bubuhle, le ezedlulayo, ngisho umsindo wamanzi, nakuba waterfall esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni akenqenanga uphumule kusukela umsindo.
Ukuze kwakwakhiwa kakhulu emahlathini ngaphezu impophoma wabeka indlela ekhethekile, edabula okuyinto, umuntu uzizwa wedwa izakhi. Nokho, abesifazane ungahambi lapho. Futhi ekugcineni, kukhona isigaba esikhethekile deltoplane eziningana kanye helicopter, lapho izivakashi ukuthatha lifika esibhakabhakeni ukuhlola kweso lenyoni umbono kaVictoria. Nokho, ukubalekela deltoplane umgibeli ambalwa sezinzwa, futhi wayengasakwazi kuze kube luhlolo, kodwa gumbi endizeni - ngesikhathi, ungakwazi ngokuphepha bhekisisa ukuthi yonke imininingwane kanye nokulinganisa impophoma ngobukhulu eMfuleni iZambezi.