Describe the impact of Islam upon West and East Africa

Please provide the best answer for the statement.


Answer: The ideal answer should:
a. Discuss how the expansion of Islam introduced Abrahamic religious traditions to much of Africa beyond the previous extent of Christianity and Judaism.
b. Describe how the kingdoms of West and East Africa became economically linked to the Middle East and the Silk Road trade.
c. Note that due to its sacred place in Islam, the Arabic language became a common written and spoken language in West and East Africa.
d. Discuss how links to the Islamic world brought foreign travelers to West and East African kingdoms in larger numbers, and they in turn carried accounts of those kingdoms back with them.

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