About William Grant Stairs
William Grant Stairs was a Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer who had a leading role in two expeditions during the Scramble for Africa. Stairs ran a well-organised expedition and won the loyalty of his officers and chiefs (Zanzibari supervisors). He discovered one source of the Nile, the Semliki River, and became the first non-African to ever climb in the Ruwenzoris, reaching 10,677 ft before having to turn around. The Stairs Expedition became notorious for the fate of Msiri.
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