West Africa, Islam and the Arab World by John Hunwick

West Africa, Islam and the Arab World



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West Africa, Islam and the Arab World John Hunwick
Page: 147
ISBN: 9781558763999
Publisher: Wiener, Markus Publishers, Incorporated

West Africa is defined as the area south of the Sahara between the Atlantic and Lake Chad, encompassing the Sahel zone, tropical forests, and pasturelands. West Africans speak languages belonging to three major families: Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and Afro-Asiatic, as well as the official languages, French and English, introduced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The language of scholarship and learning has been Arabic since the seventh century, when Arab merchants, soldiers, and missionaries came south and established major trade routes. Timbuktu became a center of commerce and learning, and kingdoms such as Ancient Ghana emerged as major regional powers. This study, which provides an overview of the MORE EBOOKS:
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