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Tippu Tip's House

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Tippu Tip's House is a historical building in Stone Town, Zanzibar, located in Suicide Alley in the Shangani wardSee map in Keith Bain et al., Frommer's Kenya and Tanzania, Frommer 2009, p. 345 near the Africa House Hotel and Serena Inn, about 15–25 minute walking time from the Old Fort and Forodhani Gardens. It is the house where the powerful merchant and slave trader Tippu Tip (1837–1905) lived. The building was a private residence until the Zanzibar Revolution and was later converted into a block of flats. Read more on Wikipedia

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