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Article: Local People, Not British Discovered Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 6, 2000
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The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management of
Zimbabwe announced that it will erect a post detailing the correct
history of the Victoria Falls in order to clear the misconception
that a British discovered them, the Zimbabwe News Agency reported on
Monday.
National Park Warden of the Zambezi and Victoria Falls Steven
Zvinogoza told the news agency it was the local Tonga people and not
David Livingstone who discovered the Victoria Falls, one of the
seven wonders of the world.
A post at the statue of David Livingstone indicates that he was
the one who discovered the falls in 1855.
"For historical purposes, we will let this post there, but we
will ...