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Title: | African Members of the Zambezi Expedition, 1861-1864: A Prosopographical Foray |
Authors: | Clendennen, Gary W. Simpson, D.H. |
Year: | 1985 |
Periodical: | History in Africa |
Volume: | 12 |
Pages: | 29-49 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Southern Africa |
Subjects: | travel expeditions Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3171710 |
Abstract: | Throughout the entire period of the Zambezi expedition, the European members were accompanied and supported by Africans, either individually or in groups. This essay is an attempt to list most of those who were with David Livingstone during his final three years in the Zambezi-shire region. While the positive contributions made by Africans to the venture have been frequently overlooked, so has been the magnitude of Livingstone's problem training various African groups to carry out the tasks for which he hired them, with an end toward integrating them into the Expedition. The problems faced by Livingstone, and by the Africans, under the usually chaotic conditions in which the Expedition was immersed, can hardly be imagined. However, the African people usually served Livingstone and his men very well indeed. Five groups of Africans are considered: Krumen, Koiolo, Sena men, 'Johanna' men, and Shupanga men. In addition to delineating briefly their respective periods of service and mentioning in general terms the contributions each people made, an attempt is made to list their personal names. - Bibliogr., notes. |