A railway museum in Livingstone, Zambia offers a clue to the African country's rich Jewish history

Amazing stuff! A living stone indeed!

When Stanley met Livingstone on 11/10/1870 by Lake Tanganyika: "... "Dr. Livingstone ... I presume", Stanley hesitantly inquires. It is indeed he." (Wikipedia)

"... “A tiny [Jewish] population influential beyond its numbers,” is how Oxford historian Hugh Macmillan described this community, which at its postwar peak numbered no more than 1,200.

“Jews have played an important part in Zambian history, especially in commercial business but also in the country’s political and intellectual life,” said Macmillan, co-author of the 1999 book “Zion in Africa: The Jews of Zambia.”
Today, there are almost no Jews living in Zambia, a nation of about 20 million in central Africa. But the influence of their historic presence is continuing to shape the developing nation, particularly as it builds up its medical infrastructure. ...
Unlike the other white Zambians (mainly British colonials) or in neighboring South Africa, the Jews of Zambia had open and equitable relations with Africans, Ron said. “We weren’t like the South African Jews who had nannies and houseboys,” she added. “We weren’t raised like that. When my father’s Indian and Black workers came to the house, they waited in the living room, not the back steps. Their children were my friends.” ..."

A railway museum in Zambia offers a clue to the African country's rich Jewish history - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The former synagogue of Livingstone, Zambia, is used today as a church.