A review by lukescalone
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle

4.0

This is a great set of short chapters on Africa between ~700 and ~1500. It lacks cohesion, but part of me thinks that is the point--there was no single "Africa," so it's best to see the continent through different lenses. The text is very heavy on Saharan Africa, strong on sub-Saharan Africa, and generally weaker on Mediterranean Africa.