Journey which Father Antonio Gomes made to the Empire of Manomotapa

This account, written in 1648, provides rare detail about the life of the African people of south-central Africa and their relations with the Portuguese creole community, including gold mining, politics, social relations, and African society. It also describes the Maldive Islands and gives information about Madagascar.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 28 January 2021
Publisher: Oxford University Press

This account of South-Central Africa, written in 1648, provides rare detail about the life of the African people of the region and their relations with the Portuguese creole community. As well as the work of the Jesuit mission, Gomes describes African gold mining, politics, and social relations (including costume, marriage, medicine, witchcraft, litigation, and slavery). His narrative also provides details about the coastal Macua and Portuguese knowledge of Lake Malawi, and he reports conversations with Africans in order to explain aspects of African society that might surprise or shock his fellow Jesuits. The narrative also describes the Maldive Islands and gives information about Madagascar.

This account of South-Central Africa, written in 1648, provides rare detail about the life of the African people of the region and their relations with the Portuguese creole community. As well as the work of the Jesuit mission, Gomes describes African gold mining, politics, and social relations (including costume, marriage, medicine, witchcraft, litigation, and slavery). His narrative also provides details about the coastal Macua and Portuguese knowledge of Lake Malawi, and he reports conversations with Africans in order to explain aspects of African society that might surprise or shock his fellow Jesuits. The narrative also describes the Maldive Islands and gives information about Madagascar.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780197266793