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Ourika is a story based on the life of a woman who was purchased as a child (in or around 1786) by the Chevalier de Boufflers, the colonial administrator of Senegal, and given as a gift to the de Beauvau family.
The novel marks a critical point in European literature. It is the first French text to depict a black woman character with a complex psychology. It is the first text to create “an articulate and educated black woman narrator,” and “one of the most compelling works of short fiction in French and a startlingly modern commentary on race.”
The novella covers the time before, during, and after the French Revolution and addresses key themes of race, nationality, exile, interracial love and kinship and the psychological adjustment to these. It signifies an important movement from traditional notions of race, nationality, and kinship towards the identity politics of today.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Ourika is a story based on the life of a woman who was purchased as a child (in or around 1786) by the Chevalier de Boufflers, the colonial administrator of Senegal, and given as a gift to the de Beauvau family.
The novel marks a critical point in European literature. It is the first French text to depict a black woman character with a complex psychology. It is the first text to create “an articulate and educated black woman narrator,” and “one of the most compelling works of short fiction in French and a startlingly modern commentary on race.”
The novella covers the time before, during, and after the French Revolution and addresses key themes of race, nationality, exile, interracial love and kinship and the psychological adjustment to these. It signifies an important movement from traditional notions of race, nationality, and kinship towards the identity politics of today.
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Stop At: Setti Fatma et les 7 Cascades, Route d’Ourika, Setti-Fatma Morocco
Sti Fadma, also known as Setti-Fatma , is a rural commune in the province of Al Haouz, in the Marrakech-Safi region of Morocco. It does not have an urban centre but has a village of the same name as its capital.
The rural commune of Sti Fadma is located in the Ourika caïdat, which itself lies within the circle of Tahannaout.
Duration: 30 minutes
