Africanus experienced a lot of heartbreak, loss and wins resulting in significant changes in his relationships with friends and foes. Image by hcspecial flickr i have for a long time been meaning to write something up with regards to leo africanus. This is a paper originally published in alandalusmagreb. Marteze ne voe ket treuzet ar sahara gant an douaroniour, zoken. Interactive map of leo africanus travels in subsaharan africa created in the harvard worldmap platform. Although he criticizes the superficiality and multiple errors of leo africanus s account, masonen sees it as clearly marking the. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of leo africanus by amin maalouf. Leo the african by amin maalouf book analysis by bright. Leo africanus was born in granada in around 1494 but his family moved to fez soon after his birth. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Leo africanus left rome and spent the next three or four years traveling in italy. Thus wrote leo africanus, in his fortieth year, in this imaginary autobiography of the famous geographer, adventurer, and scholar hasan alwazzan, who was born in granada in 1488.
There is lasting controversy between rauchenberger and masonen as to whether leo really did visit subsaharan africa. It follows the renaissanceera traveller leo africanus, but since very little is actually known. His family fled the inquisition and took him to the city of fez, in north africa. Moorish man of learning is a brief introduction to leo. My biggest struggle was the lack of information available on this individual. The man with many names1 pekka masonen the sixteenthcentury andalusi adventurer leo africanus was a household name amidst european geographers for almost three centuries. Masonen is a lecturer at the university of tampere, finland department of history. A spanish muslim who lived for a considerable time in morocco, leo ended up at the papal court in rome, where he wrote, in rather corrupt italian, his descrittione dellafrica, in 1526. The death of his patron leo x in 1521, and suspicions from the new pope adrian vi against a moor in court, was likely the reason for him leaving rome. Only with the appearance in 1550 of description of africa, by the renegade moor leo africanus, did something resembling a west african geography and historiography begin to find a wide audience among european readers.
He has done extensive research on the life and travels of leo africanus, in particular as they relate to subsaharan africa. Opettavaisia tarinoita punkista, postimerkeista ja historiasta 3. As a young man he accompanied an uncle on a diplomatic mission to the maghreb, reaching as far as the city of timbuktu c. In 1986, the lebanesefrench author amin maalouf published leo africanus, a historical.
At the time leo visited the city of timbuktu, it was a thriving islam ic city famous for its learning. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Containing a description of the several nations for the space of six hundred miles up the river gambia features an english. Leo africanus wikipedias leo africanus as translated by. International journal of african historical studies boston university african studies center 11 1. Unlock the more straightforward side of leo the african with this concise and insightful summary and analysis. As a young man he accompanied an uncle on a diplomatic mission, reaching as far as the city of timbuktu c. Pages 272291 contain a translation into english of leo africanus s descriptions of the middle niger, hausaland and bornu. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. Leo africanus and the songhay conquest of hausaland top results of your surfing leo africanus and the songhay conquest of hausaland start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. Description of africa, a largely firsthand geographical book, which was published under the title della descrittione dellafrica et delle cose notabili che ivi sono by giovanni battista ramusio in his collection of travellers accounts delle navigationi e viaggi in venice in 1550, contained the first detailed descriptions published in europe of the barbary coast modern morocco, algeria, and. Although several critics have commented on the first appearance of the spirit of leo africanus to yeats and a few have examined the unpublished manuscript of yeatss dialogue with him, 1 no one has pointed out either the extent of yeatss preoccupation or the significance of his changing conception of leo.
The year of birth was estimated from his selfreported age at the time of various historical events. Yeats first referred to leo, so far as we can determine, in some notes. Kenglev zo etre al lenneien evit lakaat bloaz ganedigezh alhasan ibn mohammed trodro da 1494, diouzh ar pezh a skrivas an douaroniour azivout e oad a vare da vare. Leo africanus and the songhay conquest of hausaland. It is also thought to have influenced shakespeare in his depiction of othellos virtues and vices. Introduction the novel, leo africanus was written by amin maalouf as a memoir to his medieval travels. You can click on the link above and see the actual article. Download citation on jan 1, 2011, pekka masonen and others published leo africanus. Leo africanus wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. Maalouf used the book in the presentation of the role of islamic culture and youth. The historian pekka masonen has argued that the belief of his further travels was based on misreadings by modern scholars who interpreted his book as an itinerary.
He was unanimously respected as the most authoritative source for the political and human geography of the barbary coast and sudanic. Ebook leo africanus and the songhay conquest of hausaland. Clearly, a book of such imposing size and bibliomaniacal method. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading leo africanus. A geographical historie of africa 1600 was the authoritative work on the geography of africa at the time and was significant in shaping the idea of africa for early modern europeans. Discovery and invention of the sudanese middle ages suomalaisen tiedeakatemian toimituksia. Studienarbeit aus dem jahr 2009 im fachbereich geschichte afrika, note.
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