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The Moor's Account By Laila Lalami

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“The Moor’s Account” written by Laila Lalami gives an insight onto the personal feelings and aspirations of Mustafa ibn Muhammad, better known as Estebánico. The short excerpt strains the importance of Estebánico – a slave to the Spanish – a chance to have his story purveyed to a much larger audience. Furthermore, the historical fiction written by Laila Lalami gives Estebánico a voice, and is valid in creating a voice for this slave; whom of which led the most famous explorers and conquistadors to safety. Sarah Crown believes that Lalami gave the story of Estebánico a second chance, that of which the Spanish failed to give him. Lalami gave even more support when she bestowed his background apologue, which heightened the fictional validity mentioned by Crown. …show more content…

Sarah Crown aforementioned in her review of Lalami’s book that Estebánico was a member of a family who were all very impoverished. As a result, he sold himself into slavery to support his family. Cabeza de Vaca failed to give any backstory, so Lalami took it upon herself to develop the tale of Estebánico. These actions by Lalami were vital to lure in the unknowing reader, and full-heartedly supported by Sarah Crown. Crown says that it is another viewpoint into the antics of Cabeza de Vaca, from someone who was taken to the New World as property, not as a

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