Islam spread to parts of West Africa through Arab traders…
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Islam spread to parts of West Africa through Arab traders who traded there. Prominent Muslim travelers and chroniclers such as Ibn Battuta and Ibn Khaldun recorded that even the first ruler of Mali, Sundiata Keita, converted to Islam.
However, Malinke oral tradition, maintained for generations by specialized bards (griots), presents a different story. While acknowledging that Islam was present in Mali long before Sundiata's reign, oral tradition maintains that the first ruler of the Mali Empire did not reject the indigenous animist religion.
Sundiata's son, Mansa Uli (also known as Mansa Wali or Yerelenku), is known to have made the pilgrimage to Mecca in the 1260s or 1270s, a practice that would continue among many of Mali's rulers, contributing to the subsequent spread of Islam throughout the empire.
**Source(s):**
.- Cartwright, Mark. (2022). *Mali Empire.* World History Encyclopedia.
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However, Malinke oral tradition, maintained for generations by specialized bards (griots), presents a different story. While acknowledging that Islam was present in Mali long before Sundiata's reign, oral tradition maintains that the first ruler of the Mali Empire did not reject the indigenous animist religion.
Sundiata's son, Mansa Uli (also known as Mansa Wali or Yerelenku), is known to have made the pilgrimage to Mecca in the 1260s or 1270s, a practice that would continue among many of Mali's rulers, contributing to the subsequent spread of Islam throughout the empire.
**Source(s):**
.- Cartwright, Mark. (2022). *Mali Empire.* World History Encyclopedia.
#local
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