Episode 007 · Out Nov 10, 2026
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Probably never said
In 1871 reporter Henry Morton Stanley found the explorer David Livingstone at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika. The famous greeting? The diary pages are torn out – and even the date is disputed. And the real heroes of the ending: Chuma and Susi, who carried Livingstone over 1,000 miles to the coast.
Sources
Every claim in the video was checked against these sources. Where they disagree, the video words it carefully; legends are marked as legends.
In short: Wikipedia "David Livingstone", "Henry Morton Stanley", "Chuma and Susi"; Livingstone Online "The Date of the Livingstone-Stanley Meeting"; Stanley, "How I Found Livingstone" (1872, Fordham Sourcebook); Westminster Abbey.
- Wikipedia: Henry Morton Stanley en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia: David Livingstone en.wikipedia.org
- Horrible report proved false blantyreproject.com
- Wikipedia: James Johnston (missionary en.wikipedia.org
- sourcebooks.web.fordham.edu sourcebooks.web.fordham.edu
- Livingstone Online: The Date of the Livingstone-Stanley Meeting livingstoneonline.org
- Livingstone Online: Field Diary XIV livingstoneonline.org
- Westminster Abbey: David Livingstone westminster-abbey.org
- Wikipedia: Chuma and Susi en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia: Jacob Wainwright en.wikipedia.org
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