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Africa in Venice. The Present
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 5
- How to Use This Book 9
- Foreword 11
- Africa in Venice. The Past 21
- Africa in Venice. The Present 37
- The Itineraries 49
- itinerary I The Buildings of Piazza San Marco and the Piazzetta Between Two Worlds 53
- African Stones 76
- itinerary II The Sestiere of San Marco Contemporary African Art in Venice 83
- itinerary III The Accademia Museum 99
- A Miracle in Venice 111
- The Black Gondolier 115
- itinerary IV The Sestiere of Dorsoduro 119
- Giuseppina Bakhita 131
- Olga Manente 133
- coffee break African Routes of the Venetian Coffee Trade 135
- Home Brew: Preliminary Tasting Notes 140
- itinerary V The Sestieri of San Polo and Santa Croce 147
- A Bridge Over the Chasm of Indifference 159
- The Scents of Africa 162
- itinerary VI The Sestiere of Cannaregio 165
- Sarah’s Blues 176
- In the Ghetto 178
- Death of the Last Venetian Mosquito 182
- itinerary VII The Sestiere of Castello 185
- Resurrection in Venice 197
- The Garden of Palm Trees 200
- itinerary VIII The Biennale 205
- itinerary IX The Outlying Parts of the Lagoon: the Smaller Islands, Mestre and Marghera 221
- Beads of Venice 233
- A Senegalese in Venice 237
- The Rabbi 240
- itinerary X The Terraferma: Padua, Vicenza, and Verona 243
- Appendix 256
- The Least of All Things 261
- Acknowledgments 265
- Photo Credits 267
- Essential Bibliography 270
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 5
- How to Use This Book 9
- Foreword 11
- Africa in Venice. The Past 21
- Africa in Venice. The Present 37
- The Itineraries 49
- itinerary I The Buildings of Piazza San Marco and the Piazzetta Between Two Worlds 53
- African Stones 76
- itinerary II The Sestiere of San Marco Contemporary African Art in Venice 83
- itinerary III The Accademia Museum 99
- A Miracle in Venice 111
- The Black Gondolier 115
- itinerary IV The Sestiere of Dorsoduro 119
- Giuseppina Bakhita 131
- Olga Manente 133
- coffee break African Routes of the Venetian Coffee Trade 135
- Home Brew: Preliminary Tasting Notes 140
- itinerary V The Sestieri of San Polo and Santa Croce 147
- A Bridge Over the Chasm of Indifference 159
- The Scents of Africa 162
- itinerary VI The Sestiere of Cannaregio 165
- Sarah’s Blues 176
- In the Ghetto 178
- Death of the Last Venetian Mosquito 182
- itinerary VII The Sestiere of Castello 185
- Resurrection in Venice 197
- The Garden of Palm Trees 200
- itinerary VIII The Biennale 205
- itinerary IX The Outlying Parts of the Lagoon: the Smaller Islands, Mestre and Marghera 221
- Beads of Venice 233
- A Senegalese in Venice 237
- The Rabbi 240
- itinerary X The Terraferma: Padua, Vicenza, and Verona 243
- Appendix 256
- The Least of All Things 261
- Acknowledgments 265
- Photo Credits 267
- Essential Bibliography 270