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Africa has a rich and underappreciated history (infosec.pub)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I highly recommend Ibn Battuta's travelogue! It's riddled with his own local prejudices, of course, but it's a really fantastic insight into a great swathe of the medieval world, including parts of Africa.