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Influence of David Livingstone
David Livingstone memorialA memorial to David Livingstone, Livingstone, Zambia.
In his 30 years of travel and Christian missionary work in southern, central, and eastern Africaāoften in places where no European had previously venturedāLivingstone may well have influenced Western attitudes toward Africa more than any other individual before him. His discoveriesāgeographic, technical, medical, and socialāprovided a complex body of knowledge that is still being explored. In spite of his paternalism and Victorian prejudices, Livingstone believed wholeheartedly in the Africanās ability to advance into the modern world. He was, in this sense, a forerunner not only of European imperialism in Africa but also of African nationalism.