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The history and description of africa by leo africanus. Buy leo africanus by amin maalouf online at alibris. Leo africanus is a beautiful book of tales about people who are forced to accept choices made for them by someone else. The first edition of the novel was published in 1986, and was written by amin maalouf. Download citation leo africanuss description of africa at the end of the first book of leo africanuss description of africa, the author reflects, through two. Leo africanus or al hassan ibn muhammad alwazan as his original name likely was, was a muslim born.

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