Diamond dealers, world travelers, families, business people, and the eccentric. Clucking chickens, dead fish, bags of cement, and rolling suitcases. Everything finds a place on board what is likely the oldest passenger and cargo ship in the world. The Liemba, formerly known as Goetzen, was built in 1913 in Papenburg, transported to Africa, and still plies the waters of Lake Tanganyika, deep in the heart of Africa. Legends, myths, and tales surround the ship. Its hundred-year history has always been caught in the tension between colonial romance, political conflicts, and African independence. This book takes the reader on a journey across one of the largest inland lakes in the world. It tells stories of pirates, dancing storms, and a final gravestone.