Europeans and Africans : : mutual discoveries and first encounters / / by Michal Tymowski.
In Europeans and Africans Michał Tymowski analyses the first contacts between the Portuguese and other Europeans and Western Africans in the 15th and early 16th centuries, the cultural and psychological as well as the organizational aspects of contacts. The territorial scope of the research encompas...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : BRILL,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African History ;
10. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Summary: | In Europeans and Africans Michał Tymowski analyses the first contacts between the Portuguese and other Europeans and Western Africans in the 15th and early 16th centuries, the cultural and psychological as well as the organizational aspects of contacts. The territorial scope of the research encompasses the West African coast. Michał Tymowski describes and analyses the feelings and emotions which accompanied the contacts, of both Africans and Europeans, analyses the methods in which both parties communicated and organized the first encounters as well as the influence of these contacts on the cultures of both sides. The work is based on a variety of source material, written sources and works of African art, in which Africans' opinions and emotions are reflected. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 900442850X |
| ISSN: | 2211-1441 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Michal Tymowski. |