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QUESTIONS

1. Who was the first missionary arrive at the coast of Eastern Africa in 1844?
2. The first mission station was built at ___ near Mombasa
3. The first European to see mount kilimanjaro in 1848 was ___
4. Johannes Ludwig krapf was the first European to discover mount ___

ANSWERS

1. Johannes Ludwig krapf
2. Rabai
3. Johann Rebman
4. Mount Kenya

DR.DAVID LIVINGSTONE

He was born in 1813 in Scotland. Was sent by London missionary society. Was a missionary and explorer.

His aim was to;

• Spread Christianity
• Discover the source of R.Nile
• Stop the influence of Arab slave traders in Eastern Africa.
• Stop the spread of Islamic religion in Eastern Africa

 

 Dr.David Livingstone worked in Eastern and central Africa

His work as a missionary. In 1845 left Botswana. 1849 converted chief sechele at kolobeng mission station in Botswana. As a missionary he only converted one African. 

Chief converted by Dr. David Livingstone

He had two servants chuma and susi

In 1857 resigned from London mission society (LMS) and appointed her majesty. In 1864 he returned home in Europe.

DR.DAVID LIVINGSTONE AS AN EXPLORER

Between 1852-1856 he explored towards the north.

He was the first European to see Victoria falls on river Zambezi 

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Between 1854-1856 he travelled across Africa,from Luanda in Cameroon to Indian ocean.

The map shows Livingstone's journey.

He travelled light

His journey met many opposition

Powerful chiefs and tribes

In 1862 reached lake Malawi. In 1864 he returned home in Europe.

In 1866 he returned to Africa to Zanzibar to seek the source of river Nile

He travelled around lake Tanganyika and river Lualaba to prove that they are the source of river Nileand confirmed that they not the source of river Nile. He was the first European t o see lake Banguelu in Zambia and Mweru in 1867.

In 1869 got sick in the jungle but was saved by Arab slave traders. He suffered pneumonia,cholera and tropical ulcers when he arrived at ujiji

1871; he witnessed 400 slaves being mascared. He also met with Henry Morton Stanley who was sent look for him.

He applealed for European countries to help stop slave trade. He asked for more missionaries to come to African. He established many mission stations in Africa in Tanganyika( Tanzania). He ddied in1873 in Zambia.

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