# Tibo — Jungle Tales of Tarzan character guide

> Tibo in Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** little black Tibo, Little Tibo

**First appearance:** 0004-v-tarzan-and-the-black-boy

## Who they are

A small boy of the village whose path keeps crossing Tarzan's, making him both a pawn and a rare human thread in the ape-man's solitary life.

## Relationships

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_friendship_

Tarzan protects and befriends the young boy Tibo, acting as a guardian and teacher in the hostile jungle environment.

### [Momaya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/characters/momaya)

_family_

Momaya is the devoted mother of Tibo, constantly worried for his safety and trying to protect him from the dangers of the jungle and Bukawai.

### [Bukawai](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/characters/bukawai)

_psychological_

Bukawai terrorizes and manipulates the young boy Tibo, using threats and superstition to control him and his mother.

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_friendship_

Tarzan protects and befriends the young boy Tibo, acting as a guardian and teacher in the hostile jungle environment.

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_friendship_

Tarzan protects and befriends the young boy Tibo, acting as a guardian and teacher in the hostile jungle environment.

### [Bukawai](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/characters/bukawai)

_psychological_

Bukawai terrorizes and manipulates the young boy Tibo, using threats and superstition to control him and his mother.

### [Momaya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/characters/momaya)

_family_

Momaya is the devoted mother of Tibo, constantly worried for his safety and trying to protect him from the dangers of the jungle and Bukawai.

### [Momaya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/characters/momaya)

_family_

Momaya is the devoted mother of Tibo, constantly worried for his safety and trying to protect him from the dangers of the jungle and Bukawai.

## In the story

### [Tarzan and the Black Boy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/v-tarzan-and-the-black-boy)

The captured black boy, terrified of Tarzan and the jungle, but gradually begins to trust and admire his captor.

### [The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vi-the-witch-doctor-seeks-vengeance)

Kidnapped by Bukawai and held in a cave with hyenas; rescued by Tarzan and returned to his mother.

## Links

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