Livingstone's Tembe Explained

Livingstone's Tembe
Map Type:Tanzania
Relief:yes
Location:Tabora Urban District, Tabora Region, Tanzania
Type:Settlement
Material:Stone and mud
Built:1857
Abandoned:20th Century
Condition:Good
Ownership:Tanzanian Government
Management:Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1]
Designation1:NHST
Designation1 Offname:Livingstone's Tembe Historic Site
Designation1 Type:Cultural
Notes:currently a museum

Livingstone's Tembe or David Livingstone Museum, Tabora (Tembe la Livingstone in Swahili) is a national historic site next to the village of Kwihara located in Tabora Urban District of Tabora Region. The home was constructed in 1857. David Livingstone lived there for a portion of 1871. The explorer Henry Morton Stanley stayed there for three months later that year in the hopes that the Arabs would vanquish Mirambo, the illustrious ruler of the Nyamwezi (People of the Moon) tribe, and reopen the route to Lake Tanganyika. After Mirambo won, Stanley had to use Mpanda to get to Ujiji. The following year, Stanley and Livingstone came back to the Tembe, jointly.[2] It is currently a museum and has some authentically carved Swahili doors, a few letters sent by David Livingstone, and details about the slave trade.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antiquities Division. 21 Jul 2022.
  2. Web site: Livingstone's Tembe. 6 August 2022.
  3. Web site: Tabora tourism. 6 August 2022.
  4. Grant. C. H. B.. The Livingstone-Stanley Memorials in Africa. The Geographical Journal. 79. 4. 1932. 318–19. 10.2307/1784331 . 1784331 . JSTOR. 6 August 2022.