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Audio Guide

A Description of Africa

Author
Johanne Leo Africanus يوهان ليو أفريكانوس
Subject
Travel
Date Of Publication
1556
Place of Publication
Lyon
Overview
Africanus was a diplomat, historian and adventurer of Berber origin that embodied the cultural spirit of both the East and the West. Although he became a slave in Italy, the Medicis, a noble Florentine family, were aware of his talents and became his patrons. He wrote in great detail about remote African kingdoms which shaped Europe’s perspective of the continent at the time.

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