"A very convincing portrait."-Michelle Moore Apotsos, CCA Reviews "A well-researched, well-documented, and well-argued piece of scholarship. . . . Hinchman makes an important contribution to the literature on the history of art and architecture, the history of the built environment, and slavery and the slave trade in West Africa, in general, and in Senegal, in particular."-Kalala Ngalamulume, H-France "Portrait of an Island is a valuable asset for scholars as well as for students of African colonial architecture, the material cultures of imperialism, and early modern histories of identity formation and cultural exchange."-Dwight Carey, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians “A major contribution to the understanding of early modern building traditions and lifestyles in West Africa, a literature that is missing in the larger architectural body of work.”-Nnamdi Elleh, author of African Architecture: Evolution and Transformation