The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami is a historical fiction novel published in 2014 available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4hj3Mjq

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The story is a fictionalized account of the Narváez expedition to La Florida in the 16th century, told from the perspective of Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori, a Moroccan slave, also known as Estebanico. The narrative recounts his journey from Azemmur to the Land of the Indians, where he becomes a slave, is shipwrecked, and endures years of hardship.

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