>>12670128>do you know that they never visited africa? how so?because the only ones confirmed to have travelled through africa are ibn khaldun and al-masudi. the rest are from west asia, even as far as central asia/india.
>they likely had contact with african peoplewith slaves, yes. which aren't exactly representative.
>whats your point again?that their accounts runs in contradiction with the accounts of ibn battuta, one of the most famous travellers who wrote positive things about africans. the reason why they said those things was in order to dehumanize pagan blacks and justify enslaving them. amusingly, al-jahiz is part black himself.
