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Tag Archives: Ruzizi River
Contempory Africa Through European Eyes
A few days ago I was rather amazed to see a photo of my old home, which is located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in a glossy magazine published in Brussels. It has been turned into a spiffy little … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-General, Development, Living here, Neo-colonialism, Social Life, Third World
Tagged Africa, Aid and Development, Business and Economy, Democratic Republic of Congo, Economic Development, Lake Tanganyika, Non-governmental organization, Ruzizi River, Rwanda, Special forces, Uvira
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Discovering the Rusizi River, Did it flow IN or OUT?! Part VI
Hippos on a sandbar in the Rusizi River. Source Wiki This is the last post about the exploration of the Rusizi River on Lake Tanganyika, by Stanley and Livingstone. Though surprisingly, there were ‘armchair explorers’ back in England who doubted … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-Central, Burundi, Crocodiles, European explorers, Explorers & exploration, Gatumba, Hippopotimus, Imbo Plain, Lake Tanzanya, Rusizi River ^ Wetlands, Stanley and Livingstone, Uvira, Wildlife
Tagged Africa, Burundi, David Livingstone, Lake Kivu, Lake Tanganyika, Ruzizi River, Rwanda, Stanley and Livingstone, Ujiji, Uvira
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Discovering the Rusizi River, Did it Flow IN or OUT?! Part V
Continued from this blog. …On the second morning of our arrival at Mugihewa we mustered ten strong paddlers, and set out to explore the head of the lake and the mouth of the Rusizi. We found that the northern head … Continue reading
Discovering the Rusizi River, Did it flow IN or OUT?! Part IV
This email is a bit tedious – consisting primarily of names and geog. places discovered by Livingstone and Stanley. Finally, Stanley and Livingstone reached the top (north shore) of the lake, crossing from the eastern shore to the N.W. corner and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-Central, Burundi, Colonialism, Crocodiles, East central Africa, European colonizers, Explorers & exploration, Gatumba, Hippopotimus, History-Recent, Imbo Plain, Lake Tanzanya, Livestock, Rusizi River ^ Wetlands, Stanley and Livingstone, Uvira, White Nile, Wildlife
Tagged Africa, Burundi, Central Africa, Great Lakes, Lake Victoria, Ruzizi River, Stanley and Livingstone, White Nile
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Discovering the Rusizi River, Did it Flow IN or OUT?! Part III
Livingstone and Stanley continue their exploration on Lake Tanganyika, and continue heading north in order to investigate whether the Rusizi River ran IN or OUT of the lake. Earllier entries are here and here. I’ve highlighted place names in Blue and underlined … Continue reading
Discovering the Rusizi River, Did it Flow IN or OUT?! Part II
Continuing up Lake Tanganyika on the East side, Stanley and Livingstone continue with their adventures to discover whether the all-important Rusizi river flows IN or OUT of the lake – important for reasons detailed in the first blog of this … Continue reading
