Tippu Tip, notorious to some, intriguing to others, was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and rapidly changing Africa of the late 19th century. This biography transports the reader into his extraordinary world, describing its exotic cast of characters and the principal factors that shaped it. His colorful life culminated in his engagement as governor of a province in the ‘Congo Free State’ of the Belgian King Leopold, and in his involvement in Stanley’s astonishing expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of the Egyptian southern province of Equatoria. 提普提普是一位生活在19世纪末动荡和快速变化的非洲的桑给巴尔阿拉伯商人，有些人认为他臭名昭著，有些人觉得他很有趣。这本传记将读者带入了一个非同寻常的世界，描述了小说中充满异国情调的人物以及塑造这本传记的主要因素。他丰富多彩的生活使他成为比利时国王利奥波德（Leopold）的“刚果自由州”（Congo Free State）一个省的省长，并参与了斯坦利（Stanley）为解救埃及南部赤道省省长埃敏·帕夏（Emin Pasha）而进行的惊人探险。