The Script Africa was but a blank canvas for Europe’s imagination

• Published in: Ring Shout, Wheel About p. 13
• Main Author: Thompson, Katrina Dyonne
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States University of Illinois Press 15.01.2014
• Subjects: African culture; African music; African studies; Anthropology; Applied sciences; Arts; Behavioral sciences; Black people; Communications; Dance; Dance music; Engineering; Ethnic groups; Ethnography; Ethnology; Folk dance music; Music; Music genres; Musical performance; Narratives; Performing arts; Popular music; Religious dances; Social sciences; Transportation; Travel

Eager to publish in one of the most popular media outlets of his time, Jean Barbot, in 1688, was busily preparing his writings on his experiences and adventurers in West Africa. The Frenchman was attempting to contribute an illustration of Africa and its inhabitants to an inquisitive European and No...