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Dr Livingstone I Presume: Missionaries, Journalists, Explorers and Empire

By (author) Dr Clare Pettitt

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The meeting between the American reporter Henry Morton Stanley and the Scottish missionary-explorer David Livingstone at Ujiji in 1871 has entered popular culture with this unforgettable phrase. But what actually happened there, when was the line said and why did the myth catch on so well?Clare Pettitt tells the story of their meeting and what led up to it, and the reactions of contemporaries and in posterity. The 'truth' is complicated. Livingstone, the crusading missionary, had often cooperated with the slave traders. He had made only one convert and his greatest achievement of exploration - the discovery of the source of the Nile - was in fact a misidentification. This is a fascinating story of conflict and paradox - it takes us into the extraordinary history of British engagement with Africa and shows both the popular myth-making and the darker side of imperialism.

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