Abstract
This study explores an important chapter in Moroccan-American history centered on Mostafa Al-Azemmouri, a Moroccan captive and adventurer whose journey began on the shores of sixteenth-century Morocco. Captured by the Portuguese, sold in Spain, and transported to the New World around 1527, Al-Azemmouri was marginalized and misrepresented in historical accounts. The article reframes his voyage by examining Morocco's interactions with the Atlantic world, the Spanish perspective on overseas expansion after the Reconquista, and the Portuguese-Azemmour relationship, while critiquing Spanish sources that relegated him to obscurity.
Recommended Citation
Simour, Lhoussain
(2025)
"(De)slaving History and the Narratives of Conquest,"
Soroud: The journal of Literacy Criticism: Vol. 8:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/soroud/vol8/iss1/7