Ngowe-1813, yena owazalelwa eSkotlani, uDavid Livingstone, ikamva ingcali yenzululwazi, mhambi, umhloli, wevangeli kunye umshumayeli. Sele umntu oqolileyo ngo 1841. Livingstone wevangeli kumaphondo eziliqela Afrika. Emva imisebenzi yawo, umkhenkethi okhaliphileyo bendihamba Afrika kuyo yonke indawo, yaye ngo-1855 baya mission uhambo ecaleni iZambezi. Kwiiveki ezimbini kamva, isikhephe Livingston bafika ingxolo emangalisayo, nezakudala indawo apho amafu zomphunga lenyuka ukuya esibhakabhakeni kwaye ezolile phambi kokuba amanzi omlambo, ngathi ezazinomsindo, uziqhube kude, kwaye ethile ngaphambili, sele ezingabonakaliyo, kunye nengozi embi kuqa phantsi endaweni. Yaba enhle inkulu, ndibone umhambi ebomini bakhe. Wenza kwahlala njalo!
David Linvingston waba ngowokuqala European owabona Afrika ingxangxasi enkulu Mauzy-a-Tunya, okanye umsi Gremyashchy. Xa ngokusondeleyo, umhambi wakwazi ukuqonda amandla kwizimanga zendalo. Ingxangxasi ololulele yi umgama omalunga elinesihlanu khilomitha, ukuphakama ukuhla amanzi leemitha ubuncinane 120.
I Scot yaba novulindlela lo mqondiso hlobo, wasebenzisa ilungelo lakhe lokuba nguvulindlela waza wasithiya eso ingxangxasi imbeko yabo ayeze Queen of England. Ngoko iimephu kukho enye into yendalo - iVictoria Falls. Nanamhla oku, Victoria yeyona ingxangxasi lude yi nokutsala ephambili kwilizwekazi le-Afrika, amakhulu amawaka abakhenkethi abatyelela le nto yendalo. Ngowe-1905, i-kaloliwe yayakhelwe loqalo lwencopho kusiyiwa, waza wafumana iwonga iindawo ezizodwa umtsalane watyelela. Ngqo ekupheleni engxondorheni, ngandlela ithile kwasekwa umngxuma encinane emazantsi enamatye lomlambo, malunga ezimbini neemitha ngokunzulu 50 ubukhulu leemitha. Amanzi kule sokuhlambela ebilayo kancinci nje, ngokungafaniyo abaseleyo engxondorheni, owawubhudla phantsi nquma izigidi eetoni ngamanzi abilayo.
Kuyinto kukho umsantsa yendalo nangoko ezikhethwe abakhenkethi kunye ezithile imiphefumlo nesibindi, ukuziva ekhuselekileyo kakhulu, uqubha ukuya elunxwemeni kwaye ukufota ngokungxama phantsi ukuhamba kwamanzi. Abalindi Victoria ngokucacile akuchasa loo estremalnogo zokuzonwabisa, kodwa ngaphandle impumelelo enkulu, njengokuba ukwazi akuthethi kuthi, kwaye kugqunywe swimming pool yendalo akunakwenzeka. Kukho iimeko ezahlukeneyo apho mahamba zingakhathaliyo yaphuka, kodwa kwanokufa beenzame umntu abazidubi siyeke abanye. Le engxangxasi likhulu e-Afrika ayikho ngaphandle amaxhoba.
E Victoria Falls Livingstone lo ilitye, oko oqingqiweyo ukusuka ilitye enye ukuphakama kwakhe ngokupheleleyo. Uqhela na wesiqithi, ogama emva wevangeli. Xa Kwathi izithethe, ukuya nabakhafuli, oosiyazi kunye abathandazi. Okwangoku, kwisiqithi cwaka, kuba yindawo abatyeleli lokuzonwabisa. Kodwa Bridge Iingozi kwakhiwa ngokwentelekiso kutshanje kubakhenkethi kwaye nezixhobo zokukhabela enhle, ncam nengxolo ngenxa lo msindo wesini wamhle, lo zidlulela, nkqu isandi amanzi, nangona lo ingxangxasi sikhulu ehlabathini kwaba zazidlala ukuphumla ukusuka ingxolo.
Kuba kakhulu ebhegini emahlathini ngaphezu ingxangxasi wabeka indlela ekhethekileyo, edlula apho, omnye uba yedwa iziqalelo. Noko ke, abafazi musa ukuya khona. Kwaye ekugqibeleni, kukho butho ekhethekileyo deltoplane kunye ntaka eziliqela, apho abakhenkethi ukuze esibhakabhakeni ukuba ukuhlola Victoria Ngembono Iintaka-liso. Noko ke, loo moya, ukuba deltoplane umkhweli ezimbalwa luvo; yena wayengekho ukuya iimviwo, kodwa kule ndlwana le ntaka - ngelo xesha, unako ngokukhuselekileyo ulaqaza ubone zonke iinkcukacha baphonononge ingxangxasi ngobukhulu iZambezi.