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Ibn Battuta in Black Africa (World History)

By: Abu Abdalla Ibn Battuta
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1558760881
ISBN-13: 9781558760882
Released: 10 Feb 1995
RRP: £12.50
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Valuable first hand account of medieval west africa - By: D. E. Chukwumerije, 16 May 2008
Outside the accounts of Arab visitors, very few (if any) first hand accounts exist of pre-colonial Africa. Ibn Battuta's account is one of them. Even though his African travels occupied only a smalll part of Ibn Battuta's career (spanning over 3 decades of world travelling), they help to lift the curtain on what medieval Africa looked like. Descriptions of every day life in East Africa as well as scenes from the fourteenth century empire of Mali are invaluable- giving an account of African society slightly different from the stereotypes.

This book would also be useful to those interested in expansion of the islamic sphere of influence into Africa. One of the key attractions of Mali for Ibn Battuta was its adoption of islamic culture.

Other books that would make complimentary reading to this one are Medieval West Africa (N. Levtzion & J. Spaulding) & A History of Islam in West Africa (J. Trimingham).

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this book shows exactly how wide spread the muslum religion - By: , 29 Nov 2001
I have recently read Ibn Battuta in Black Africa. This book gives us a great deal of the history of muslums. It consentrates on his traveling experieces. It shows just how large the islamic religion actuallly is & was. Ibn Battuta travled nearly 30 years. He shares with us not only his joys & oppertunitys of wisdom, but also his prejudices. It gives you an inside look at how particular things were viewed & judged.