Dr. David Livingstone gave thirty years of his life to the people and wilds of the African hinterland; in doing so Livingstone inspired much love and affection in the hearts closest to him. Upon his death, Chuma and Susi undertook a journey of a thousand miles to deliver his earthly remains and his final diary to the coast of Africa, where his remains were transported in Great Britain. for burial; although it represented the typical English worldview of the colonial period: Africans needed English guidance and purpose to be a civilized people. Dr. Livingstone saw the need for trade, Christianity, British control, and the abolition of slavery without recognizing the existence of cosmopolitan societies; while Professor Trevor Getz's book AFRICA COMOSPOLITANA c. 1700-1875 explained the existence of thriving and growing cosmopolitan societies in Africa before and without the influx of Europeans and the onslaught of world slavery from the African continent, providing evidence of Dr. Livingstone's narrow worldview as stated in purpose of the assignment. According to the quote it stipulated: "Special attention should be paid to the promotion of trade, for this, more rapidly than anything else, demolishes the sense of isolation which paganism engenders... for by this means we can... . introduce the Negro family into the corporation of nations” (Livingstone). For several centuries before Dr. Livingstone's stay, the African people traded in minerals and slaves with the influx of ideas, technology and contact with the outside world, even as the most contact was across the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian Ocean until the 15th century. The typical "English" worldview plagued Dr. Livingstone and many other Europeans during the Col... middle of paper... gems. , living arrangements and political hierarchy. Professor Trevor Getz has demonstrated beyond doubt that Dr. David Livingstone provided his listeners and readers with a narrow view regarding the African people in general during his thirty years of life and work. Anthropologists, sociologists, archaeologists, and historians working under the umbrella of a broader worldview have an advantage over the missionaries and explorers of the times of European rule and colonialism involving the myriad cultures and peoples of the African continent. Livingstone, with all his contributions to understanding the African people he encountered, could not see the forest for the trees when he stated; “…introducing the Negro family into the corporation of nations.” Works CitedGetz, Trevor R. Cosmopolitan Africa c. 1700-1875. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 2013. Print.