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| Celebrating David Livingstone, 'Africa's first freedom fighter' | Celebrating David Livingstone, 'Africa's first freedom fighter' |
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| A series of events are planned today marking the 200th anniversary of one of the greatest European explorers of Africa, David Livingstone. | A series of events are planned today marking the 200th anniversary of one of the greatest European explorers of Africa, David Livingstone. |
| The bicentenary celebrations are set to take place with events and exhibitions across the UK and Africa, including an arts festival in Livingstone, Zambia and a 1000km mountain bike tour across South Africa to remember the life of the man described as "Africa's first freedom fighter." | The bicentenary celebrations are set to take place with events and exhibitions across the UK and Africa, including an arts festival in Livingstone, Zambia and a 1000km mountain bike tour across South Africa to remember the life of the man described as "Africa's first freedom fighter." |
| Closer to home, there are commemorations of his life at Westminster Abbey and in Edinburgh, Hamilton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and in Livingstone's birthplace, Blantyre. | Closer to home, there are commemorations of his life at Westminster Abbey and in Edinburgh, Hamilton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and in Livingstone's birthplace, Blantyre. |
| Having died in 1873 after spending 30 years working on expeditions in Africa, Livingstone remains a deeply respected humanitarian figure in many of the regions that he visited, having tried to provide an alternative to the slave trade for the continent. | Having died in 1873 after spending 30 years working on expeditions in Africa, Livingstone remains a deeply respected humanitarian figure in many of the regions that he visited, having tried to provide an alternative to the slave trade for the continent. |
| Westminster Abbey, where the explorer is buried, will play host to a wreath laying ceremony attended by modern day explorers such as John Blashford-Snell and Sir David Attenborough, and his great-granddaughter Elspeth Murdoch, whilst Edinburgh sees an art and photography exhibition by descendants of Livingstone's fellow explorers as part of the Edinburgh Fringe festival. | Westminster Abbey, where the explorer is buried, will play host to a wreath laying ceremony attended by modern day explorers such as John Blashford-Snell and Sir David Attenborough, and his great-granddaughter Elspeth Murdoch, whilst Edinburgh sees an art and photography exhibition by descendants of Livingstone's fellow explorers as part of the Edinburgh Fringe festival. |
| The Scottish parliament is hosting the first official visit to Scotland by the president of Malawi, Dr Joyce Banda, who has already paid tribute to Livingstone on a visit to his birthplace on Sunday (before handing out the winner's trophy at the Scottish communities Cup football final at Hampden. | The Scottish parliament is hosting the first official visit to Scotland by the president of Malawi, Dr Joyce Banda, who has already paid tribute to Livingstone on a visit to his birthplace on Sunday (before handing out the winner's trophy at the Scottish communities Cup football final at Hampden. |
| Dr Banda is due to address the Scottish parliament on Tuesday morning before flying to London where she will be guest of honour at Westminster Abbey. | Dr Banda is due to address the Scottish parliament on Tuesday morning before flying to London where she will be guest of honour at Westminster Abbey. |
| Meanwhile, at the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre, a time capsule which includes material from Chilamba primary school, Dedzaron, Malawi, will be buried alongside a talk regarding the explorer's lesser-known wife, Mary. | Meanwhile, at the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre, a time capsule which includes material from Chilamba primary school, Dedzaron, Malawi, will be buried alongside a talk regarding the explorer's lesser-known wife, Mary. |
| The celebrations at his former home on Shuttle Row, the mill workers housing where he was born and lived with his family in a single room, will start with the factory bell being run. The bell – rung at 6am - marked the start of the working day at the mill two centuries ago and, then run at 8pm, its end. | The celebrations at his former home on Shuttle Row, the mill workers housing where he was born and lived with his family in a single room, will start with the factory bell being run. The bell – rung at 6am - marked the start of the working day at the mill two centuries ago and, then run at 8pm, its end. |
| A centre piece of the season of exhibitions and events will an exhibition at the David Livingstone centre on "The Nyangwe Diary: Shining New Light on Livingstone" which shows how modern technology revealed a previously inaccessible Livingstone diary, written on newspapers using ink made from a berry seeds but now faded and illegible. | A centre piece of the season of exhibitions and events will an exhibition at the David Livingstone centre on "The Nyangwe Diary: Shining New Light on Livingstone" which shows how modern technology revealed a previously inaccessible Livingstone diary, written on newspapers using ink made from a berry seeds but now faded and illegible. |
| Alongside representatives of the David Livingstone 200 project, a partnership between a number of international organisations and individuals devoted to celebrating his life, will be the Scottish minister for external affairs, Humza Yousaf, and Nat Edwards project leader for David Livingstone 200. | Alongside representatives of the David Livingstone 200 project, a partnership between a number of international organisations and individuals devoted to celebrating his life, will be the Scottish minister for external affairs, Humza Yousaf, and Nat Edwards project leader for David Livingstone 200. |
| Edwards said: | Edwards said: |
| Livingstone was a truly remarkable and inspirational man - and it is even more inspiring to think that he took his inspiration from the countryside, history and people of Blantyre. It is absolutely fitting that the centre of his 200th birthday celebrations is right here in Blantyre, where this wonderful, continent-crossing story began. | Livingstone was a truly remarkable and inspirational man - and it is even more inspiring to think that he took his inspiration from the countryside, history and people of Blantyre. It is absolutely fitting that the centre of his 200th birthday celebrations is right here in Blantyre, where this wonderful, continent-crossing story began. |
| Yousaf added: | Yousaf added: |
| He was one of our greatest explorers who forged enduring links between Scotland and Malawi, and - as a writer, medic and tireless campaigner against the slave trade - left a long and lasting legacy from those travels. | He was one of our greatest explorers who forged enduring links between Scotland and Malawi, and - as a writer, medic and tireless campaigner against the slave trade - left a long and lasting legacy from those travels. |
| He treated all those he met as his equal and worked in partnership with Malawians, which forms the basis of Scotland's friendship with Malawi to this day. The bicentenary of his birth is the ideal opportunity to shed new light on his extraordinary life, and to build on his legacy. | He treated all those he met as his equal and worked in partnership with Malawians, which forms the basis of Scotland's friendship with Malawi to this day. The bicentenary of his birth is the ideal opportunity to shed new light on his extraordinary life, and to build on his legacy. |
| Presentations celebrating his life and achievements are also set to take place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Zambia. Finally, a service will take place in his local church in Hamilton towards the close of the day. | Presentations celebrating his life and achievements are also set to take place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Zambia. Finally, a service will take place in his local church in Hamilton towards the close of the day. |
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