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Indri Debono was the first white man in recorded history to have discovered the fountainhead - the source of the Nile! He never bothered to record this exceptional discovery and we only know of it through the memoirs of Speke; the man credited with the feat. In 1862 Indri reached the Ripon and Murchison Falls, the outlets of Lake Victoria. Indri Debono (or Andrea) was from Malta.

Are you sure about this? Rippon Falls used to be the outlet of the Nile from Lake Victoria, before it was drowned out by the Owen Falls Dam, but Murchison Falls isn't - it's on the White Nile but several hundred miles further downstream. SidneyStratton#

This may be a reference to Andrea Debono. He apparently came near to Lake Albert but never found Victoria. --Richard Clegg 19:12, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speke's Racial Theories

Can anybody add a section on Speke's racial theories? I don't know anything about them, although I expect they may be unsavory, but they seem to have had an influence on colonial governance policies and thus modern events (e.g. genocide in Rwanda) and are probably worth discussing. 68.17.245.254 18:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speke's theories are mentioned on this Wikipedia page about 'Hamitic theory', and were apparently referenced by Philip Gourevitch on page 368 of his 1999 book on the Rwandan Genocide (We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families). Perhaps someone can confirm the reference? Sandover 23:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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	Can anybody add a section on Speke's racial theories? I don't know anything about them, although I expect they may be unsavory, but they seem to have had an influence on colonial governance policies and thus modern events (e.g. genocide in Rwanda) and are probably worth discussing. [[User:68.17.245.254\|68.17.245.254]] 18:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)		Can anybody add a section on Speke's racial theories? I don't know anything about them, although I expect they may be unsavory, but they seem to have had an influence on colonial governance policies and thus modern events (e.g. genocide in Rwanda) and are probably worth discussing. [[User:68.17.245.254\|68.17.245.254]] 18:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

			Speke's theories are mentioned on [[Hamitic#Hamitic_theory_in_Rwanda\|this Wikipedia page about 'Hamitic theory']], and were apparently referenced by Philip Gourevitch on page 368 of his 1999 book on the Rwandan Genocide (''We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families''). Perhaps someone can confirm the reference? [[User:Sandover\|Sandover]] 23:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)