Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

Record summary

David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels includes observations on healing, rainmaking, witchcraft accusations, religious specialists, and encounters with communities along routes from southern Africa toward the Zambezi. It is relevant for comparing missionary explanations of spiritual harm with local social and medical practices. The title, author, and publication date make it readily verifiable. Livingstone’s narrative is selective and self-presentational, and many reported beliefs are filtered through evangelical theology, translation difficulties, travel conditions, and later editorial preparation.