World history/WHME101/Islam/Spread of Islam Africa

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• Did Islam's spread into Africa follow a similar, or different pattern to its spread in Asia?

• Which parts of Africa were most heavily impacted by the spread of Islam?

World History International, 'Islam from the Beginning to 1300: Spread into Africa', 2002.

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