Introduction: Africa in the Middle Ages
The tribulations of two Chinese in Africa : East Africa, the eighth to the fifteenth century
In the belly of the sperm whale : East Africa, beginning of the tenth century
Aspects of a Border : Qasr Ibrîm, Lower Nubia, from the seventh century
Diplomatic back-and-forth at the court of George II of Nubia : Faras and Dongola, present-day Sudan, last quarter of the tenth century
"Does anyone live beyond you?" : Central Sahara, seventh to the ninth century
For forty-two thousand dinars : Aoudaghost, present-day Mauritania, middle of the ninth century
A tale of two cities : on the capital of Ghâna : the Aoukar, present-day Mauritania, around 1068
Ghâna, one hundred years later : banks of a river in the Sahel, between 1116 and 1154
The conversion effect : various parts of the Sahel, eleventh to twelfth century
The king of Zâfûn enters Marrakesh : Morocco and the western Sahel, around the second quarter of the twelfth century
The rich dead of the tumuli : Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, between the ninth and the fourteenth century
Aksum, the city that made kings : northern Ethiopia, around the twelfth century
The treasures of Debre Damo : northern Ethiopia, until the twelfth century
One map, two geographies : Horn of Africa, before the middle of the twelfth century
The case of the concubine : Aydhâb, Berbera, present-day coastal Sudan and Somaliland, December 1144
Sijilmâsa, crossroads at the ends of the earth : southeastern Morocco, from the twelfth to the fourteenth century
the land where gold grows like carrots : the Sahel, from the tenth to the fourteenth century
Phantom mines : present-day Zimbabwe highlands and the West African savanna, around the thirteenth century
The land of Sofala : coasts of present-day Tanzania and Mozambique, end of the thirteenth to the beginning of the fourteenth century
The golden rhinoceros : northeastern South Africa, thirteenth century
The stratigraphy of Kilwa, or how cities are born : coast of present-day Tanzania, from the tenth to the fifteenth century
The camels of Madagascar, or Marco Polo's Africa : Somalia and Madagascar, end of the thirteenth century
The work of angels : Lalibela, Ethiopian highlands, around the thirteenth century
The sultan and the sea : coast of present-day Senegal or Gambia, around 1312
Ruins of salt : Taghâza, extreme north of present-day Mali, from the eleventh to the sixteenth century
The customs of Mâli : Oualata, present-day Mauritania, around 17 April 1352
A wreck in the Sahara : central Mauritania, the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries
The golden orb : Kingdom of Mâli, fourteenth century
The king's speech : in Mâli City, capital of the Kingdom of Mâli, from June 1352 to February 1353
The production of eunuchs in Abyssinia : Ethiopia and Somaliland, around 1340
Inventory at Great Zimbabwe : present-day Zimbabwe, fourteenth to fifteenth century
Next year in Tamentit, or the (re)discovery of Africa : Tuat Oasis, central Algeria, second half of the fifteenth century
Africa's new shores : the coasts of present-day Mauritania, Senegal, and Gambia, 1455
Vasco da Gama and the "New World" : Indian Ocean, 1498.