"Now I am Tipo Tipo,'that is,'the gatherer together of wealth."
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Five Years with the Congo Cannibals, Page 168, 169 Last Journals, page 188
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Tippu Tip
Tippu Tip (1832 – June 14, 1905), real name Ḥamad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jumʿah ibn Rajab ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al Murjabī was an Afro-Omani ivory and slave trader, explorer, governor and plantation owner. He worked for a succession of the sultans of Zanzibar. He was also the most well known slave trader in Africa, supplying much of the world with black slaves.
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