Spread of Islam In Africa

Order Description Evaluate the relative importance of various factors in the spread of Islam in Africa:Conquest, trade, scholarly proselytizing, Muslim cultural flexibility. Please only use these following readings: -Peter von Siversm "Egypt and North Africa," in the History of Islam in Africa, pg 21-36 -M.N. Pearson, "The Indian Ocean and the Red Sea," in the History of Islam in Africa, 37-59 -Hunwick & Boye, Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu, 33-49 Note: (The book is called Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu) -Robinson, Muslim Socities in African History: "The Islaminazation of Afica" and "The africanization of Islam" (27-59)