A tiny Namibian museum recalls David Livingstone’s time in Linyanti

Livingstone MuseumDavid LivingstoneLinyanti AreaChief SebetwaneNkasa Rupara National Park
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This blog post provides information on the life of David Livingstone featuring the Livingstone Museum the smallest museum in Africa.

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A 4-by-4-metre thatched museum in Namibia has a self-appointed curator who came to the country looking for where David Livingstone stayed. A Gondwana Collection blog places the building among marula trees near the channels of Nkasa Rupara National Park. It says Livingstone spent time in the Linyanti area, now Sangwali, in the mid-1800s and befriended the Makololo chief Sebetwane.

The blog names the curator as Adolf Waidelich. His search makes this tiny museum more than a place bearing a famous traveller’s name: it points to a particular stop on his journey and a person he met there. The account does not say when the museum opened or who maintains it today. What records could help pinpoint where Livingstone stayed in Linyanti?

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