Africa & Byzantium sheds light on an underrepresented area of art history and showcases a new field of interdisciplinary studies on medieval Africa, a period nearly unexplored by major galleries and museums.
These two worlds had a closer relationship than has been assumed. The Mediterranean which separated and at the same time united them was witness to the traffic of goods and people that passed between the two coasts, similar to today's path of the migrants who escape war and poverty en route to Europe.
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