Abu Abdalla Ibn Battuta (1304-1354) was one of the greatest
travelers of pre-modern times. He traveled to Black Africa twice.
He reported about the wealthy, multi-cultural trading centers at
the African East coast, such as Mombasa and Kilwa, and the warm
hospitality he experienced in Mogadishu. He also visited the court
of Mansa Musa and neighboring states during its period of
prosperity from mining and the Trans-Saharan trade. He wrote
disapprovingly of sexual integration in families and of hostility
towards the white man. Ibn Battuta's description is a unique
document of the high culture, pride, and independence of Black
African states in the fourteenth century. This book is one of the
most important documents about Black Africa written by a
non-European medieval historian.
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