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This article is about a young explorer from Germany who was one of the earliest pioneers of the German exploration of Africa .His untimely death turned him into a martyr of science and challenged posterity to lift the mystery surrounding his demise, the search for his remains and his murders and the main focus later on was on the penetration of the African interior and the generational knowledge or opinion on the continent. On the other hand, the circumstances of his death prompted follow-up expeditions that attempted to ascertain the whereabouts of his remains and to achieve his ultimate goal which was the verification of the Great Central Lakes region including the source of the Nile River. His fate contributed to the perceived knowledge about social, political, and ethnic conditions in African interior, including the role of Arab Slave traders as being responsible for his death and thus as a threat to EUROPEAN access. Roscher's example shows that whether the travel disrupted and arbored or "successful" generates further travel sets in motion processes of penetrating or collecting knowledge and securing the passage. 221026202

the picture above depicts the map of Africa in the mid 1800 where in Africa was divided into various kingdom. It's highlights that during that period Europeans and Americans were trying to navigate the rivers of interior Africa but African armies or lack of interests keep them out of inferior Africa.