Colonization of the Congo of Hell. It was not until 1867 that the Congo was explored by Europeans, and even then it was not from the sea, but from the other side of the African continent. Setting out from Zanzibar, Henry Morton Stanley, a British-born American journalist and explorer aimed to find the famous Dr. Livingstone. Livingstone had not been heard from in several years and was, in fact, exploring the upper reaches of a great navigable inland river called the Lualaba, which Livingstone hoped was connected to the Nile, but which turned out to be the upper Congo. After leaving Livingstone, Stanley sailed
David Livingstone on Stanley and Livingstone, but with a few crucial letters omitted from the surname; it is unknown whether this results from a typist's error or a deliberate obfuscation. The ABBA song "What about Livingstone?" mentions Livingstone traveling up the Nile. Stanley's search for and discovery of Livingstone is the subject of the Hugh Masekela song "Whitch Doctor" that appears on his 1976 album, "Colonial Man". There is an achievement in Sid Meier's Civilization 5 called "Dr Livingstone I presume?" in which the player needs to move his/her Stanley Explorer into a tile of England's Livingstone Explorer. David Livingstone His fame