Johannes Rebmann

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Johannes Rebmann, 1820-1878), was a German missionary and explorer who was the first European to reach Africa from the Indian Ocean coast, alongside his colleague Johann Krapf.

In addition,, he was the first European to find Kilimanjaro.

Rebmann's discovery was announced in the Church Missionary Intelligencer in May 1849, but it was dismissed as mere speculation for the next twelve years.

The Geographic Society of London said that snow could not possibly occur, let alone persist in such latitudes, and that the study was deemed the hallucination of a malaria-stricken missionary.

Researchers' attempts to determine Kilimanjaro began in 1861.

Expeditions to Tanzania between 1861 and 1865, led by German Baron Karl Klaus von der Decken, confirmed Rebmann's analysis.

He also discovered Mt. t. together with his colleague Johann Ludwig Krapf.

Kenya is a republic in Kenya.

Sir Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, and David Livingstone's adventures are also believed to have had an effect on future African expeditions by Europeans, including Sir Richard Burton's exploits.

He died of pneumonia after losing the majority of his eyesight and slipping into a brief marriage.

Early life

Rebmann was born in Gerlingen, Württemberg, on January 16, 1820. He was a brother of a Swabian farmer and winegrower. The village he lived in was tiny, with just 1,500 people. He aspired to be a "preacher and canvasser of the Gospel" from an early age.

Later, as Rebmann became a young man, he decided to dedicate himself to being a missionary and was educated in Basel. In 1844, he attended the Church Missionary Society College in Islington. He was ordained as a priest by the Bishop of London in the following year and became a member of the Church Missionary Society in the United Kingdom. Rebmann and fellow missionary Johann Ludwig Krapf traveled in 1846 by "Arrow" to East Africa, where he served in what is now Kenya, as well as other places.

Their jobs were strenuous, and they had a difficult time convincing tribal chiefs to allow them to talk to the people. Krapf wrote about (what he called) the "surge of Islam" that was traveling through Africa, and wanted to make some sort of Christian stand against its religious authority on the African people. As the radius of the two missionaries' work expanded, Christian missionary outposts in the area were also on the rise.

Rebmann kept a diary from 1848 to the end of his life during his time in Africa. Rebmann writes in the diary how his faith in his faith kept him stable in Africa, where only a few Europeans had ventured before him. An excerpt from Rebmann's diary (Psalm: 51, 12) reflects Rebmann's belief in his faith: "Restore to me your joy of your salvation and give me a vivacious spirit to sustain me."

Later life and death

Rebmann returned to Europe in September 1875 after nearly losing his sight for unknown reasons. For the first time in 29 years, he returned to Germany for the first time in 29 years after being encouraged to do so by a fellow missionary who was living in the area. He then proceeded to live in Korntal, where he was close to his old pal Krapf. Louise Rebmann née Däuble, a missionary from India, married the widow of another missionary from India in spring 1876, on Krapf's direction. Rebmann died of pneumonia on October 4, 1876, so the marriage didn't last long. The words (in English) "Saved in the arms of Jesus" are engraved on Rebmann's tombstone in Korntal's cemetery (a photograph can be seen here).

The Johannes Rebmann Foundation, a religious institution dedicated to Rebmann and his memory, has preserved the legacy left behind him. Rebmann's African work, both as a missionary and as an explorer, inspired many Europeans to follow in his footsteps.

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