A Nigerian living in the UK has "discovered" a new lake and named it Iyi Ojemba.

Mazi Uba Acho, a native of Igbo Naton in W Africa, highlighted the absurdity of the colonialist mindset that sought to claim discovery of places already known to locals. He cited Mungo Park's claim to the River Niger in Nigeria and David Livingstone's claim to the Zambezi River, Zambia, and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

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@els76uk Some sources, like this from 1955, do mention that eg Livingstone was ”the first white man” to see the Victoria Falls, etc. Which is then conveniently shortened to ”discovery”.