The Black African Explorers
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The First American in the African Interior: George Fleming
George Fleming 1802 to 1879 In the context of putting names to people that have generally been ignored by historians it is worth taking a closer look at George Fleming, an African American who Livingstone said had been a slave… Continue reading
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Burton, Speke and Farhan
In May 1854 Lieutenant Richard Francis Burton arrived in Aden having convinced the Royal Geographical Society to fund an expedition to explore Somaliland with the objective of discovering the upper reaches of the Nile. Burton was an officer in the… Continue reading
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The Bombay Africans
The Bombay Africans The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) tells us: “Originally forced into slavery in Africa, the group who came to be known as the ‘Bombay Africans’ were liberated by the British Royal Navy from Arab slaving boats and taken… Continue reading
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James Chuma after 1874
The Return of the Black Explorer James Chuma was the most famous of the liberated slaves whose early life at the Magomero mission and contribution to Livingstone’s last expedition 1865-74, is described in a previous article (here). After returning to… Continue reading
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Magomero and The Nasik Boys
The Black Explorers This is not the story of famous white explorers, it is the story of some of the black African men, boys and women, many of whom were freed slaves, who walked with them. It is often suggested… Continue reading
Travelogues and Other Memories 