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Issue 56 : David Livingstone: Missionary-explorer in Africa

Originally published in 1997

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David Livingstone, Missionary Explorer: Recommended Resources

David Livingstone, Missionary Explorer

Editors
The Paradox of David Livingstone: Did You Know?

Little-known or remarkable facts about David Livingstone: missionary explorer

Ruth A. Tucker
The Paradox of David Livingstone: From the Editor - Livingstone - The Great Non-Missionary

Mark Galli
Discovering David Livingstone

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

Alvyn Austin
Creatures Great and Small and Annoying

Dr. Livingstone was also a meticulous scientist.

Alvyn Austin
David in the Lion's Den

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

Alvyn Austin
On Expedition in Africa

The explorer encounters an exotic continent.

David Livingstone
The Evil that Baffled Reformers

African slavery thwarted every effort to eradicate it.

Ted Olsen
David Livingstone, Missionary Explorer

Elizabeth Isichei
The Man with Three Wives

Though Livingstone loved his family, he spent little time with them.

Elizabeth Isichei
Finding a Useful Wife

Bachelor Livingstone's unromantic stroll into marriage.

Ted Olsen
The Other Livingstone

The same traits that led the explorer to greatness, led him into the Zambezi disaster.

Ted Olsen
The Paradox of David Livingstone: A Gallery of Pioneers & Pallbearers

Those closest to the remarkable explorer were often remarkable themselves.

Steven T. Grezlak
Accidental Missionary

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

Elesha Hodge
Link Essay: Great White Father

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

Mark Shaw

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