Timbuktu Chronicles 1493-1599, Ta'rikh al Fattash
"Thanks... to Wise and Abu Taleb for resurrectingTarikh al-Fattash, .... This fifteenth century text is a marvel of literature and history and its availability in this excellent English translation will provide an important new treasure for those who are interested in the history and civilization of Islam." -- Ricardo Rene Laremont"Wise's new volume with its very readable translation and helpful introduction performs an important service for African literary studies." -- Fallou Ngom"This five hundred year old chronicle [is] the best, the most significant and the most useful on the Songhay empire."  --Toyin Falola, University Distinguished Professor, University of Texas at Austin