Makt, människor och miljö i 1800-talets Afrika : en komparativ analys av David Livingstone och Henry Morton Stanleys reseskildringar från Afrika
(2024) HISK37 20231History
- Abstract
- The meeting between Dr David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley in the village of Ujiji in 1871 is widely seen as one of the most influential events in the history of British colonialism. The aim of this essay has been to analyse the travels that Livingstone and Stanley undertook in connection to this meeting, and study how the two explorers depicted Africa in their travel reports. How did they describe the societies, people and environment that they travelled through during their travels in Africa? Another intention of the essay was to analyse Livingstone and Stanleys depictions of these subjects and compare them, with the aim of finding an insight into what similarities and differences that these two legendary explorers had regarding... (More)
- The meeting between Dr David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley in the village of Ujiji in 1871 is widely seen as one of the most influential events in the history of British colonialism. The aim of this essay has been to analyse the travels that Livingstone and Stanley undertook in connection to this meeting, and study how the two explorers depicted Africa in their travel reports. How did they describe the societies, people and environment that they travelled through during their travels in Africa? Another intention of the essay was to analyse Livingstone and Stanleys depictions of these subjects and compare them, with the aim of finding an insight into what similarities and differences that these two legendary explorers had regarding these topics. The theory applied for guidance with answering the thesis questions of the essay was Marie Louise Pratt´s theory regarding "contact zones". Contact zones can be described as a place, where disparate cultures grapple, often in asymmetrical relations like colonialism or slavery. Along the routes of Livingstone and Stanleys travels, two places which could be seen as contact zones, Zanzibar and Ujiji were selected for analysis. The thesis questions of the essay were therefore applied in the analysis to extracts of Livingstone and Stanley´s visits to these places during their journeys. The sources used for the essay were Livingstone´s final journal named "The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death", as well as Stanley`s famous book "How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa". The end results of the analysis displayed both similarities and differences between Livingstone and Stanleys descriptions of Africa. Among the similarities found, for example their negative description of the environment of Zanzibar and their view on different parts Africa as “uncivilised” are worth mentioning, whilst the main difference found concerns a distinct difference in experience of travelling in the climate and in the environment that Africa possesses, something that is constantly portrayed throughout their travelling reports. (Less)
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- Johansson, Samuel LU
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- organization
- course
- HISK37 20231
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Exploration, imperialism, colonialism, travel reports, contact zones, Zanzibar, Ujiji, Livingstone, Stanley
- language
- English
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- 9145760
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