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so who was the first muslim in america absolutely fascinating story
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i'm going to read another chapter from this book hidden history
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30 untold stories of islam in the west by joram van
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clever i'm linking the description below chapter 29 of this book is entitled mustafa azamori the first Muslim in America.
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Really interesting story.
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Now, he's better known in the West by his slave's name, which is Estebanico.
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Now, he lived from 1500 until approximately 1539, just over half a millennium ago.
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And he was the first Muslim, indeed the first African, to set foot on North American soil.
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little is known uh of his uh early years
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but according to historical accounts he was described as a muslim
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and as a negro al arabay quote unquote an arabic speaking black man he was originally from azimur
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which is now in morocco and in 1522 he was sold into slavery to the spanish nobleman Dorantes de Carranza.
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Six years later, Mustafa joined the so-called Navarrez expedition.
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If you go onto Wikipedia, by the way, you can read much more about this Navarrez expedition and the life in general of Mustafa Azimori.
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And this so-called Navarrez expedition departed from Spain all the way to Cuba.
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And from there, under the command of Captain Panfilo de Navarrez,
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he went to explore and colonize or the captain did to explore and colonize present day Florida.
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Now, the expedition quickly descended into disaster.
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The group faced shipwrecks, disease, death and even enslavement by Native American tribes.
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After spending several years in captivity in the region now known as Texas, Azimori managed to escape along with three other people three other
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people by 1534 only four survivors remained of the original 600 men who had left spain
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and one of them was a was the muslim azimori following their escape he posed as a healer
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and gradually learned the languages of the local tribes many native american communities showed him respect
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and even accompanied the group from village to village it must
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have been a striking sight an arabic-speaking north african muslim walking alongside three spanish conquistadors through 16th century america
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eventually after a journey of more than 3 000 kilometers on
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foot can you imagine 3 000 kilometers they reached a spanish
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outpost in mexico in july 1536 there is evidence uh suggesting
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that mustapha was freed upon arrival there he was added to the personal guard of the local spanish leader
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and he appeared he no longer appears in later records as
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a slave in 1539 he was chosen to lead a new expedition however the group was attacked
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and many lives were lost some sources claim
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that azimori was among the dead yet there is one account
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which reports that spanish explorers arriving years later encountered a dark-skinned medicine man living among a native american tribe
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so who knows maybe he survived now this theory
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that he did survive suggests that azimori may have faked his own death to escape these Spaniards once and for all,
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and finally to claim his freedom. Who knows?
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What exactly happened to Mustafa Azimori in the end may never be known.
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What is certain however is
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that Islam was already present in America long before the United States
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or the modern state of Mexico even existed and
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that Mustafa Azimori was the first Muslim ever to set foot on the American continent
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well before the arrival of the first protestant christians that's
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that book chapter 29 absolutely fascinating
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that we still have some records of this uh muslim traveler
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in america way before uh the protestant christians arrived the puritans who famously started from plymouth here in england
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and went to discover the new world i conquer it
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and ultimately ethnically cleanse and purge the country of the indigenous nations
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that existed in in north america but that's another uh story
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so who was the first muslim uh to be in america what i find interesting is
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that he you know this was in the 1500s this is centuries before um you know large-scale immigration happened
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but it's interesting that many many slaves were taken from africa later on
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and uh percentages vary but it could be a huge number of those were muslim slaves
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and most of them were forced to renounce their faith by their christian slave owners but that's another story as well
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until next time
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Who Was the First Muslim in America?”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: muslim, azimori, america, mustafa, expedition. Deze video bevat 55 zinnen en 726 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:53. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 123 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 81% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| expedition zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ | expeditie |
| colonize werkwoord | /ˈkɑlənaɪz/ | koloniseren |
| fascinate werkwoord | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | fascineren |
| cleanse werkwoord | /klɛnz/ | reinigen, schoonmaken |
| healer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhilɚ/ | genezer, heler |
| nobleman zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈnoʊbl̩mən/ | adellijke, edelman |
| outpost zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/ | voorpost, buitenpost |
| renounce werkwoord | /ɹɪˈnaʊns/ | opgeven |
| shipwreck zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/ | scheepswrak, wrak |
| traveller zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɹævəlɚ/ | reiziger, reizigster |
| captivity zelfstandig naamwoord | /kæpˈtɪvɪti/ | gevangenschap |
| purge werkwoord | /pɜɹd͡ʒ/ | zuiveren, louteren |
| depart werkwoord | /dɪˈpɑɹt/ | vertrekken |
| millennium zelfstandig naamwoord | /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/ | millennium |
| conquer werkwoord | /ˈkɑŋkɚ/ | veroveren |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is entitled · is known · was described |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | name, which is · men who had |
Uitspraak om op te letten
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, shipwreck /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, conquistador /kənˈkistədɔɹ/, captivity /kæpˈtɪvɪti/, accompany /əˈkʌm.pə.ni/, indigenous /ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒənəs/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: colonize /ˈkɑlənaɪz/, cleanse /klɛnz/, untold /ʌnˈtoʊld/, descend /dəˈsɛnd/, purge /pɜɹd͡ʒ/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, arabic /ˈæɹəbɪk/, traveller /ˈtɹævəlɚ/, captivity /kæpˈtɪvɪti/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als expedition, colonize, fascinate.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.