In the early nineteenth century the Tunisian scholar Muhammad ibn Umar al-Tunisi travelled to Darfur and Wadai, sultanates of the central Sudan, and lived there for years. His account describes their sultans, courts, wars, markets, customs and stories. This English abridgment by Bayle St. John was made from Dr. Perron’s French translation of the Arabic.
A rare insider’s view of Saharan Africa before European conquest, full of anecdote. Download the free EPUB.