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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
1. Tanzania: A Microcosm of the World’s Changing Geography for Protected Areas
Authors : Jeffrey O. Durrant, Rebecca Formica
Published in: Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
On October 6, 1889, Yohani Kinyala Lauwo guided Hans Meyer to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. “Lauwo,” as he is often referred to, was only a teenager when he was chosen by local Chagga leaders to guide the European expedition on the first known ascent to the highest point in Africa. One hundred years after this first ascent of the legendary mountain, Lauwo was able to attend the centennial celebration of the climb, as he lived until May of 1996. The 107 years between the first known ascent of Kilimanjaro and the death of Lauwo brought massive changes to the area around the mountain and the country of Tanzania. And the subsequent decades have only hastened these changes and the broader geography that surrounds protected areas such as Mount Kilimanjaro.