Uyazikhumbula lezo ziqephu ezindabeni ezimnandi zikaMarc Twin lapho uTom Sawyer nomngani wakhe uHuck Finn beya kuzo zonke izinhlobo zokuzijabulisa bengena kwesinye sezikebhe ezijwayelekile ezinamandla futhi ezinamasondo ezilima iMississippi? Yebo, manje kulula kakhulu ukukhumbula lezo zamehlela, noma ungaziphilisa ngqo kuzo, kwazise inkampani Imigqa Yezindiza yaseMelika ivulwe okokuqala ngo-Agasti 2012 umabhebhana, noma ukuthumela ngamasondo, ukusebenza njenge ukuhamba ngomfula ezansi noMfula iMississippi.
Kuthiwani Indlovukazi yaseMississippi, umkhumbi wokuhamba ngesikebhe owakhiwe ngesitayela se-paddlewheeler yakudala, futhi unamandla okuhlalisa abagibeli abayi-150, enamasudi anamabhalkhoni angaphandle, athathwa njengabanzi kakhulu futhi anethezekile ngohlobo lwawo. Ngenkathi isevisi nokuzijabulisa kwabagibeli, iNdlovukazi yaseMississippi inikezela ngemicimbi yansuku zonke nemicimbi, eminingi yayo ehlose ukuvuselela indlela yokuphila yaseningizimu yezwe laseMississippi.
Umzila wokuthi lokhu cruise yomfula eMfuleni iMississippi Iqukethe izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili zesikhathi, lapho kuvakashelwa amadolobha amaningana aseningizimu, kanye nokujabulela ukubukeka komfula omude kunayo yonke eNyakatho Melika, kungasaphathwa ukuthi indawo yokuqala nokufika yalesi sikebhe idolobha eliphithizelayo lase ENew Orleans, lapho ungajabulela khona kusuka embukisweni we-jazz ozwakala kakhulu, kuya kumasiko weminyaka eyizinkulungwane ase-Afrika naseMelika.
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