African Venice : a guide to art, culture and people /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kaplan, Paul H. D. (Paul Henry Daniel), 1952- (Author), Bassi, Shaul (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2025].
Subjects:	Art, Italian. Art, Italian > Italy > Venice. Art, Italian > African influences. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Foreword / lgiaba Scego
Africa in Venice: The Past / Paul Kaplan
Africa in Venice: The Present / Shaul Bassi
Itinerary I: The Buildings of Piazza San Marco and the Piazzetta
Between Two Worlds / Eddy L. Harris
African Stones / Lorenzo Lazzarini
Itinerary II: The Sestiere of San Marco
Contemporary African Art in Venice
Itinerary III: The Accademia Museum
A Miracle in Venice / Maaza Mengiste
The Black Gondolier / Marilena Umuhoza Delli
Itinerary IV: The Sestiere of Dorsoduro / Giuseppina Bakhita, Olga Manente
African Routes of the Venetian Coffee Trade / Sandra Stocchetto
Home Brew: Preliminary Tasting Notes / Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Itinerary V: The Sestieri of San Polo and Santa Croce
A Bridge over the Chasm of Indifference / Vittorio Longhi
The Scents of Africa
Itinerary VI: The Sestiere of Cannaregio
Sarah's Blues / Rita Dove
In the Ghetto / Caryl Phillips
Death of the Last Venetian Mosquito / Tony Mochama
Itinerary VII: The Sestiere of Castello
Resurrection in Venice / Ngŭgĩ wa Thiong'o
The Garden of Palm Trees / Alessandra Viola
Itinerary VIII: The Biennale / Emiliano Guaraldo
Itinerary IX: The Outlying Parts of the Lagoon: the Smaller Islands, Mestre and Marghera
Beads of Venice / Emiliano Guaraldo
A Senegalese in Venice / Ibrahima Lö
The Rabbi / Sami Tchak
Itinerary X: The Terraferma: Padua, Vicenza, and Verona
The Least of All Things / Maaza Mengiste.