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[QUOTE]Originally posted by IronLion: [QB] The Moorish Refugees of the Hausa City-States of present-day Nigeria - By – Jide Uwechia The Moors ruled on the Iberian kingdom of Granada, as the last Moorish kingdom in Spain until the 2nd of January in 1492 when they were conquered by the armies of Ferdinand and Isabelle. The years after the Christian conquest of Granada were filled with acts of outrage such as murder, rape, enslvaement and imprisonment against the Moors of Africa. The acts of outrage grew as the christians consolidated their conquest. In 1499, the bishop Cisneros demanded that all Moors should be baptized into the popish crusader legion of Rome if they were to live as free citizens. Later the Moors were harrased with with heavy taxes and other impositions. Moorish culture and languages were barred except for the pidgin latin which is now called Spanish. In 1568 due to the suppression the Moors still living in the town rebeled against the Spaniards but they were defeated, mercilessly massacared and the remnant were deported to the Island of Jamaica, and Hispaniola (Haiti), Florida, and Cuba where they called them the Maroons. The ones who could escape fled either to the continent of the Americas, or to the coast of Guinea where a Moorish culture thrived and was known as “Criole”. The Moors lived and traded all over Guinea Bissua, Cape Verde, Porto-Novo, Fernanda-Po, Escarvos, Lagos. Many others headed across the straits to North Africa. From there they headed across the Sahara into the relative safety of the African based Moorish kingdoms and Empires such as Kanem-Bornu, Mali. North African Political Theatre Just as the 12 century offensive launched by a sicilian norman prince brought about a response from the almoravids, so the 16th century expansion of the Spanish brought the Ottomans to North Africa. The Christians crusaders continued their pursuit of the Moors across the straits of Gibraltar. They were anxious about the impact that the refugee Moors would bring into North Africa. They needed to ensure that the Moors would not be planning any counter attacks to retake their lost possessions in Iberia. So the crusaders continued their attacks following their conquest of Greneda in 1492 and occupied the North African coastline. The Christians enchroachments occured in a pincer movement. Led by the Spanish, the Neapolitans, the Portugese, the Knights of Malta, and the Knights of St John. In 1505 a succession of the main ports of North Africa fell into Christian hands, including Bougie and Tripoli both in 1510. Tripoli was given to the Knights of the St Johns. Towns which had not been conquered were awed into payment of tribute. The Moorish refugees were mercilessly hunted. With their wealth and their sophistication and influence, they were quite visible. Haunted by this seemiingly relentless ill fate, the hunted moorish jews and muslim refugees headed down south. Maghrib To Nigeria From Tripoli to the Kanem Bornu Empire, which controlled the territories now known as Nigeria, Niger, and Chad, it was about a months walk and two weeks worth of camels’ ride. In the winter times, many mystics walk this path alone by themselves all the way from Nigeria to Libya hoping between Oasis. Similarly, from Sijilmasa in Morocco to Oudagoust in Mauretania, is a six week journey by camel ride. There are oasis in between the desert route and for millenia it has been known as one of the major tran-saharan highways. It was a route of demographic, cultural and commercial exchange. The Moorish refugees knew that beyond the desert, in the deep embrace of mother Africa, was a Moorish state known as Kanem Bornu Kingdom which could possibly offer them some safety and dignity if they were ever such things in creation..... More @ http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-moorish-refugees-of-the-hausa-city-states-of-present-day-nigeria-by-jide-uwechia/ [/QB][/QUOTE]
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