A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds
by
Dr. Natalie Zemon Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readers
Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo Africanus, author...