Botswana
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George Fleming – The First American in the African Interior
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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The Makololo: A Zambian Kingdom
Introduction In 1863 the demoralised remnants of the Universities Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) withdrew from the region we now know as Malawi. Their sad story is told in Magomero and the East African Slave Trade. Behind them they left… Continue reading
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The Makololo: Origins and the Mfecane
Introduction Livingstone’s arrival in the Shire Valley in 1859 put in motion a chain of events that in 1891 led to Britain formally taking possession of a land and its people that was initially named the British Central Africa Protectorate,… Continue reading
Travelogues and Other Memories 