Chuma and Susi

James Chuma (d. 1882) and David Susi (d. 1891) were men from central Africa who took part in the led by the explorer David Livingstone, and were employed by him in his last expedition. They had significant roles in organisation and were the first to greet Henry Morton Stanley when his search party made contact.

They supported Livingstone on his last travels, and after his death they played a leading role in taking his body to the coast for return to Britain. In 1874 they went to Britain, visiting his family and friend and benefactor James Young, and helped Horace Waller with his task of transcribing and editing The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, contributing their own memories for notes of clarification and for the period after Livingstone's last journal entry.