Contents

Chapters in this book

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