David Livingstone

Missionary-explorer of Africa

Those closest to the remarkable explorer were often remarkable themselves.

Henry Stanley did more than find Livingstone—he followed him.

Livingstone seemed unimpressed by the great cats—even after being attacked by one.

The explorer encounters an exotic continent.

African slavery thwarted every effort to eradicate it.

Dr. Livingstone was also a meticulous scientist.

The man, the missionary, the explorer, the legend.

After Livingstone opened Africa, Western missionaries moved in by the thousands. Did they hurt or help Africans?