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The 1892-1894 Arab-Swahili War: Belgium's Congo Alliance with Tippu Tip
Long before the rubber terror and the Force Publique mutinies, the Congo Free State fought a bitter war against Arab-Swahili slave traders in the eastern Congo. This episode focuses on the 1892-1894 campaign led by Belgian officer Francis Dhanis, who allied with the notorious Zanzibari trader Tippu Tip — only to have that alliance collapse into open conflict. We trace the uneasy diplomacy, the brutal battles at Nyangwe and Kasongo, the role of the Tetela and Batetela soldiers who would later rebel themselves, and the final Belgian victory that opened the door for Leopold II's rubber…
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