The gates of Africa : death, discovery, and the search for Timbuktu / Anthony Sattin.

Exploration's godfather
The charge of ignorance
A friend to mankind
The oriental interpreter
The Moors' tales
The Gambia route
The political player
No mean talents
Pity the white man
The golden harvest
The Göttingen connection
Juset ben Abdallah
Many deaths
The Swiss gentleman
Shaykh Ibrahim ibn Abdallah
A new world order
The fountains of the sun
The spirit of discovery.