Pool Malebo

Tafkin Malebo (wanda a da ake kira Stanley Pool ), wanda kuma aka sani a tarihi da Mpumbu, Tafkin Nkunda, Tafkin Nkuna, Tafkin Ntamo, ko Tafkin Ngobila, wani faffadan fili ne mai kama da tafki na ƙananan Kogin Congo a Tsakiyar Afirka wanda ke samar da wani kwarin ruwa na halitta inda kogin ke faɗaɗa kafin ya gangara ƙasa zuwa cikin Ruwan Livingstone. Tafkin yana aiki a matsayin iyaka ta duniya tsakanin Jamhuriyar Congo a arewa da Jamhuriyar Demokraɗiyyar Kongo a kudu, tare da manyan biranen ƙasar Brazzaville da Kinshasa suna fuskantar juna kai tsaye a bakin tekun arewa da kudu. Ya kai kimanin murabba'in kilomita 500 kuma yana auna kimanin kilomita 35 da faɗin kilomita 23, Pool Malebo yana da ruwa mai zurfi, yawanci daga mita 3 zuwa 10 a zurfin, kodayake ambaliyar yanayi na iya canza matakan ruwa sosai. Sunan yankin Malebo, jam'i na lilebo a cikin Lingala, yana nufin dabino na Borassus wanda ke girma da yawa a bakin tekun, tsibirai, da filayen da ke kewaye da shi, yayin da kalmar tafkin ta samo asali ne daga Turanci, inda yake nuna kwandon kuma, ta hanyar fadada, tafkin. An sake masa suna Stanley Pool a shekara ta 1887 bayan mai binciken Henry Morton Stanley, wanda ya tsara yankin a lokacin tafiye-tafiyensa, tafkin ya karɓi sunan da aka samo daga Afirka a watan Janairun 1972 bayan manufofin 'yancin kai na Afirka na sunayen ƙasa. Tun kafin hulɗar Turai, Pool Malebo ya yi aiki a matsayin maɓallin al'adu, kasuwanci, da siyasa ga 'yan asalin kabilun Bantu na tsakiyar Kwango. Yanayin ƙasa Bayyanawa da sunan wuri Pool Malebo yanki ne inda Kogin Kongo ya fadada don samar da tafkin. Kalmar Ingilishi tana nufin ruwa, kamar tafkin ko tafkin. Kinshasa tana gefen kudancin wannan kwandon, yayin da Brazzaville ke gefen arewa. Kafin sunan mulkin mallaka, mutanen yankin sun san wannan ruwa da sunaye daban-daban, gami da N'Tamo (ko Ntamo), Nkouna (Nkuna ko Nkunda), Pumbo, Pumbu, Mpumbu, ko Ngobila. Ntamo da Nkouna Sunayen N'Tamo (ko Ntamo) da Nkouna (Nkuna ko Nkunda) an ambaci su a cikin asusun da yawa daga masu binciken Turai, musamman Henry Morton Stanley, da kuma nazarin tarihi daga baya. A cewar masanin tarihin Kongo Jérôme Olland, a cikin L'Histoire du Congo-Brazzaville, Stanley ya yi amfani da kalmar Ntamo don bayyana Stanley Pool a cikin littafinsa In Darkest Africa . A cikin Congo français du Gabon à Brazzaville, wanda aka buga a 1889, mai binciken Faransa Léon Guiral (an haife shi Léon Pierre Louis Guiral) ya lura cewa Pierre Savorgnan na Brazza, mai binciken Italiyanci a hidimar Faransa, ya sadu da mai fassara Ashimbo Taba a Nkouna. Koyaya, Uba Albert Le Gallois, mai wa'azi na Ruhu Mai Tsarki, ya bayyana a cikin Contribution à la cartographie du Congo français (Stanley Pool Region) cewa kodayake masu binciken farko sun kira babban tsibirin Bamu da Nkouna, bai taɓa haɗuwa da wannan sunan tsakanin Mutanen Téké na bankin dama ba. Pumbo, Pumbu, ko Mpumbu Sunan Pumbo (Pombo, Pumbu, ko Mpumbu) an kuma ambaci shi a cikin asusun masu bincike da wallafe-wallafen tarihi don tsara yankin Pool. A cikin Bayani na Afirka, masanin Holland Olfert Dapper ya bayyana Pombo a matsayin lardin da ke ƙarƙashin ikon Macoco (Makoko), mai mulkin Téké . Masanin tarihin Belgium Jan Vansina ya fassara kalmar kamar yadda take magana game da iyakar arewacin Stanley Pool, wanda ya zama cibiyar siyasa ta Masarautar Téké. Ibrahim Ndinga Mbo, masanin tarihi daga Jamhuriyar Kongo, ya yi amfani da sunan Pumbo don bayyana Pool a lokacin mulkin mallaka, yayin da wasu malaman suka haɗa shi da yankin Bahumbu. Kalmar Pumbo kuma ana fahimtar ta da ma'anar "babban kasuwa". Manazarta