Livingstone Memorial
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livingstone-memorial-179-2872187
title:
Livingstone Memorial
text:
The Livingstone Memorial, built in 1899, marks the spot where missionary explorer David Livingstone died on 1 May 1873, in Chief Chitambo's village at Chipundu, near the edge of the Bangweulu Swamps in Zambia. His body was embalmed and his heart was buried there under a mpundu tree by his followers, now led by his loyal attendants Chuma and Susi, who then departed for the coast carrying his body. In their party was an Indian-educated African man named Jacob Wainwright who carved the inscription
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Monument in the Bangweulu Swamps, Zambia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livingstone_Memorial
date created:
2007-02-03T02:41:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T20:51:27Z
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