Into Africa Quotes

“mosquito bite in Africa could be equated to Russian Roulette. There are three thousand different types of mosquito, yet only one carries malaria. There are one hundred and fifty-six strains of malaria injected by that one breed of mosquito, yet only four cause malaria in humans. Of those four strains, only one leads to death. And while these odds sound favorable, malaria has hovered near epidemic levels in Africa for millennia.”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

“What a punishment it would be to have no object or aim in life.”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

“Stanley's exploration pedigree reached its fruition in November of 1872. He was paid $10,000 to write a book about his African travels. How I Found Livingstone answered all Stanley's critics (to the RGS's earlier proclamation that “Livingstone was in clover,” he responded”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

“I shall look into your faces, And listen to what you say, And be very often near you, When you think I’m far away.”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures Of Stanley And Livingstone

“The missionaries ate the local food. Sometimes, as in the case of one New Zealand tribe whose favorite recipe called for Anglicans, the locals ate the missionaries.”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone

“The creepers twined up and around the great tree trunks so tightly that even dead trees remained upright, supported by the same parasitical vines that had killed them.”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone

“deeds,” Stanley remembered later.”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

“1965. Waller, Horace. The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 Until His Death. London, 1874. Wasserman, Jacob. Bula Matari. New York, 1933. White, Andrea. Joseph Conrad and the”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

“Rovuma”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

“Tanganyika,”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

“Nyassa”
― Martin Dugard, Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone