Download or read book Ibn Battuta in Black Africa written by Ibn Batuta and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For 29 years, Tangier native Battuta (1304-77) criss-crossed the eastern hemisphere and recorded his experiences, especially the people he met. King (U. of California-Santa Cruz) and Hamdun (U. of Nairobi) translate excerpts from his Arabic Rihla that recount his time in black Africa. The 1994 edition is reissued here to commemorate Battuta's 700th birthday, with new appendices which include reports by other Arab travelers and historians, some of whom also witnessed events described by Battuta. They include Ibn Khaldun (c.1332-1406), al-Maqqari (c.1591-1632), Ibn al-Dawadari (c.1309-1335), and Al-Maqrizi (c.1364-1442)." -- Publisher.