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rocketman1984:James S Jameson who was an heir to the Jameson Irish Whiskey distilling empire is linked to cannibalism Assad Farran who was a Syrian translator and Tippu Tip who was a notorious, blind slave trader, plantation owner and governor, who worked for a succession of sultans of Zanzibar accompanied Jameson on his journey It was Farran who made the contentious and inflammatory deposition against Jameson. One of the few details of the episode that would be uncontested was the start of the affair. Jameson found himself with Tippu Tip and Assad Farran at Ribakiba. Now known as Lokandu, it is a township in the Democratic Republic of Congo and sits at the virtual center of Africa. At the time Ribakiba was a trading stop on the Lualaba River, a headstream of the Congo. The town was a major stop in slave and ivory trade routes, a lawless frontier town. The men were there looking for porters, of which they would eventually get 400. The men were part of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. The expedition’s stated aim was to relieve the besieged Emin Pasha. It was really an expansionist foray, masterminded by Belgian royalty and employing cooperative Europeans in an exploratory journey to the heart of “darkest Africa”. King Leopold was suffering regal anxiety, and had decided he needed vast swathes of sub-Saharan real estate to allow him compete with other European monarchs. The men were to evaluate the lands. Jameson and Barttelot who was an officer colleague of Jameson, had been left in command of the expedition’s Rear Column, something they failed to do in spectacular fashion. When Sir Henry Morton Stanley returned to review their joint command, he found only 60 of the 271 men still fit to serve. The camp’s conditions were described in all their depressing detail by Farran in his later affidavit. Barttelot and Jameson claimed they were hampered in their duties by the lack of Belgian steamers on the Congo. They said their station was remote and isolated. King Leopold had promised steamers for the expedition which had not materialized, and the expedition was forced to use boats that could be dismantled and carried. The expedition left Zanzibar for the heart of Africa on February 25th 1886. Farran set the scene by describing cruelty and severity at Yambuya camp. He described the camp as having split into factions, in an indictment of the laissez-faire attitude adopted by the camp’s commanders. Farran recounted how, at Ribakiba, Jameson had said to him that he was curious about the practice of cannibalism, which he believed was common among the natives. Apparently he was correct, it was relatively common. Jameson wanted to see it being performed and decided to buy a slave for the purpose. He paid six handkerchiefs for 10 year old girl. This detail would later stand out as essentially correct and uncontested. Along with a group of men he brought her to the cannibals’ hut. Through the interpreter the men were told, “This is a present from a white man, who wishes to see her eaten”. The girl was tied to a tree, and had her belly gouged twice with a knife. She looked around for assistance from the hostile group surrounding her. The girl remained silent as blood gushed from her abdomen. She was resigned to her fate. When dead from the blood loss, she was cut into pieces by the men who had sharpened their knives nearby. Read More -- source link