A Lecture by Teferu Azr also known as Justin Thomas Author of: "Code-47: Memoirs of a Hip-Hop Heist" (a consious novel) "The Ronin Poetz" "12 Stories High" & "The COMPANY OF THE MOORS" The Official Site Of Author Justin Thomas: ancientartoffacts.com LINK TO RADIO SHOW where Thomas breaks down the details of his EPIC Poetry Packed Tail, "The COMPANY OF THE MOORS": www.blogtalkradio.com The Company of The Moors by Teferu Azr www.amazon.com The Corleones. the Sopranos. The Italian organized crime families called the mafia do not originate in Sicily, as many believe. Nor are they based after the organization of Imperial Rome. It is the Moorish, pirate companies of the 16th and 17th centuries where the Sicilians lear...ned to organize their ranks to fend off foreign intrusion. These 'companies' were called Maehfils, an Afro-Arabic word meaning 'union' or 'to unify', a word later Anglicized and pronounced 'Mafia'. These organized 'companies' were structured under Beylerbeys (The Boss of Bosses, Chief of Chiefs, or Governor-Generals), Beys or Deys (underbosses, or sub-Chiefs), Reis (Captains), Crews (Soldiers), Enforcers (Corsairs), and Associates (trade partners). These 'companies' controlled, protected, and enforced the laws of the Mediterranean.In their cities in Tunis, Algiers, Sale, and many other North African coastal regions, these black Moorish companies controlled city politics, game rackets, trade, policing, and settled disputes with their own code of justice. And ...