Viewpoints Comparative Questions

  1. What aspects of West African life do all three authors emphasize?
  2. Which of the three accounts seems most reliable to you? Why?
  3. What do the three accounts tell you about the influence of Islam on West African life?

Leo Africanus, History and Description of Africa, trans. John Pory (1600), ed. Robert Brown (London: Hakluyt Society, 1896), 824–826.