Mary Cable

"Supplementing the ... narrative are some one hundred illustrations, one half in full color. Modern photographs ... are juxtaposed with royal portraits, manuscript illuminations, old engravings, sketches, and sculpture. Among the artists represented are Sánchez, Coello, El Greco, Velázquez, and Goya"--Cover.

Text and lavish photographs present the art and treasures of the African kingdoms which existed prior to European colonization.