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Two years later, in Africa

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November 29th 2008
It's the end of November, two days after Thanksgiving. What herein follows is a much delayed and succinct transcription of travels since last updating: (After arriving in America, I floundered about in the Northwest a bit, before tying my shoes and hitching Eastward to New York City. Here, I ended up living for a year, in BedStuy, Brooklyn, surrounded by a great number of even greater peopl ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Souss-Massa-Draâ

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more