Au Maroc (1890) ethnography Berber countryside under French colonialism

Berber countryside under French colonialism (case of northeast Morocco)

mais nous fait pénétrer dans toute l’étrangeté d’une époque qui n’est plus la nôtre

Biographies of eminent people in the western Maghreb during the 19th and 20th centuries

its political stability in a region in turmoil

Au Maroc (1890) ethnography Berber countryside under French colonialismOriginally published in 1890, this travel memoir by Pierre Loti narrates a month long journey by horseback in Morocco through Tangier, Fez and Meknes. The initial trip from Tangier to Fez was in the company of a French embassy, after which Loti continued on by himself dressed in Moroccan clothing. Au Maroc was Loti's first pure travel literature. The book has been influential. Matisse, before coming to Morocco, studied the country by reading Loti's