Abstract

CALDERON VAZQUEZ, Francisco J.. Rethinking the Castile's African Frontier: An Interethnic Boundary?. Frontera norte [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.55, pp.05-31. ISSN 2594-0260.

Castile's African border-and the settlements it formed-has been traditionally considered as a border of exclusion, islands separated from the North African environment, little European islets lost in Africa. Nevertheless, Spanish-Maghrebi interactions in the enclaves were constant, with a zone of inter-ethnic contact emerging between Maghrebis and Spaniards, a scenario of a wide range of interactions of various kinds, made possible by cross-border intermediaries (peaceful Moors and interpreters known as lenguas, trujamanes, and mogataces) that through the intermediation of both sides formed a thick tapestry whose greatest expression was found in the Orán-Mazalquivir enclave.

Keywords : ethnic boundaries; crossborder interactions; Hispanic-Maghrebi conflict; Mediterranean borders; Europe-Maghrebi relationships.

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