Hanson, an african-American professor of the history of slavery, who is in north africa on a mysterious foundation grant, sets off across the sahara on a series of wild adventures. He first meets hamid, a mad moroccan wh...Hanson, an african-American professor of the history of slavery, who is in north africa on a mysterious foundation grant, sets off across the sahara on a series of wild adventures. He first meets hamid, a mad moroccan who turns him on, takes him over and teaches him to pass as a moor.