In Envoys of A Human God Andreu Martínez offers an insightful study of the Jesuit mission to Christian Ethiopia. The work combines different approaches -cultural-historical, political and sociological- and draws from a multiplicity of sources, from archival research to archaeology.

Andreu Martínez d'Alòs-Moner, Ph.D. (2009), European University Institute (Florence) is Associated Professor at Gondar University, Ethiopia. He worked at the University of Hamburg for the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica project and has published extensively on cultural encounters between Europe, India, and Africa.