Debate over the real source of the Nile has raged since the late 1850s, when British explorers like John Hanning Speke began staking their reputations, fortunes and health on finding it.

• 其实早在19世纪50年代末，人们便对尼罗河的真正源头到底在哪里展开过激烈辩论，当时，一些英国探险家甚至把自己全部的声望、财富乃至性命都投入到对尼罗河源头的寻找中。