Ujiji

Ujiji is a town on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania. It was the site of the meeting between Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone in 1871, and a memorial was constructed in the town to commemorate the event. The London Missionary Society established a missionary post in Ujiji in 1878.

Coordinates

Latitude: -4.908480255036
Longitude: 29.692132474738

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Timeline of Events Associated with Ujiji

Date Event Manage
187 to 1875

Cameron expedition to Livingstone

Photo of Cameron1873-75 are the inclusive dates for Verney Lovett Cameron's transcontinental expedition. The member of an expedition sent to resupply David Livingstone, Cameron decided to push on after his party received word that Livingstone had died. He hoped to determine whether the Lualaba river flowed into the Nile or the Congo, thereby resolving a conundrum that had preoccupied Livingstone, but he was obliged instead to take a more southwestern route across the continent. Image: Lock and Whitfield, Photograph of Verney Lovett Cameron, taken in 1878, and published in "Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the senate, the church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc," written by Thompson Cooper, published at London, Sampson Low, 1876-1878. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired. Note that the exact month of the beginning and end of this expedition is difficult to determine.

Articles

Dane Kennedy, "The Search for the Nile"
1866 to 187

Livingstone expedition to East Africa

Photo of David Livingstone1866-73 are the inclusive dates for David Livingstone's expedition into the East African lakes region. The famed missionary explorer David Livingstone entered the Nile sweepstakes to restore his reputation, which had been sullied by the futility of his previous Zambezi expedition. He was determined to prove that the Nile originated from the string of lakes further south. His death on the shores of Lake Bangweulu left his theory unconfirmed. Image: Photograph of Stanley Livingstone by Thomas Annan. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired. Note that the exact month of the beginning and end of this expedition is difficult to determine.

Articles

Matthew Rubery, "On Henry Morton Stanley’s Search for Dr. Livingstone, 1871-72"

Dane Kennedy, "The Search for the Nile"
2 Jul 1872

Stanley finds Livingstone

Photo of David LivingstoneOn 2 July 1872, Henry Morton Stanley finds Dr. David Livingstone in Africa. Image: Thomas Annan, Photograph of Stanley Livingstone. This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.

On 2 July 1872, the New York Herald reported news of the meeting between Henry Morton Stanley and Dr. David Livingstone in Africa. The Scottish missionary had been out of contact for nearly three years when Stanley traveled to Africa in search of him. The meeting took place at Ujiji in either October or November 1871 (the precise date is unknown). The meeting was one of the most sensational news stories of the nineteenth century. Stanley’s greeting “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” is still a well known phrase. The meeting turned public attention to the African slave trade and was a pivotal moment in the relationship among the United States, Europe, and Africa.

Articles

Matthew Rubery, "On Henry Morton Stanley's Search for Dr. Livingstone, 1871-72"

Related Articles

Dane Kennedy, "The Search for the Nile"