Laila Lalami : The Moor’s Account

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Recorded16 Mar 2016

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In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the 1st black explorer of America, a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record. In 1527, the conquistador Narváez sailed with a crew of 600 men & nearly 100 horses. Within a year there were only […] The post Laila Lalami : The Moor’s Account appeared first on Tin House.

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