David Livingstone Centre

Blantyre's Livingstone Museum in Shuttle Row tells the life story of the African explorer David Livingstone who was born in this house. The exhibition follows the tracks of Livingstone across the dark continent, explains his work as a missionary and describes his African friends such as Susi, Chuma and Jacob Wainwright who brought his coffin back to England in 1873. The dangers and difficulties of traveling in those days (Livingstone suffered badly from malaria), his struggle against slavery, his journeys along the Zambesi and to Lake Tanganyika and the discovery on November 17, 1855 of the spectacular Victoria Falls are also well documented. The Africa Room describes recent developments in the African continent.