Moorish Paradigm: Book 7

“The Journal of the Moorish Paradigm, Book 7” by Hakim Bey continues the author’s exploration of Moorish civilization’s spiritual, historical, and geopolitical legacy, focusing on the connection between Africa and the Americas through the Mande and Sudanic peoples. It argues that both continents formed one vast cultural dominion—the “Dominions of Amexem”—linked through trade, divine kingship, and shared cosmology long before European contact. The text weaves together African, Arabic, and pre-Columbian American history to show how Mande-speaking Moors influenced civilizations such as the Olmecs and Mayans, bringing language, architecture, and religious systems across the Atlantic. The final sections trace the Moorish Empire’s continuity into Morocco’s dynasties, highlighting Emperor Mulai Ismail and his Mande “Deewan” army, linking this legacy directly to the Moroccan-American Treaty of 1787, which the author interprets as evidence of enduring Moorish sovereignty.