Islamization of Africa II:| Rethinking the Spread of Islam: West Africa

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‘Conquest that never was…’Some have argued this represents a criticalhistorical ‘moment’:- breaking with traditional, ancestral religion- adopting of Islam- equals overlay of ‘written’ sources and ‘conquesttheory’[eg Nehemia Levtzion, Ancient Ghana and Mali – classic text onsubject]
‘Conquest that never was…’Conrad rejects:- cannot associate oral chronicle (‘legendary events) withwritten narrative (Islamic ‘dates’)- worked with 17 versions of the legend:- few ‘oral’ (recorded by Conrad with local griots),- most written (few before 1900, most between1900-25, 1950-75)-drawn from several different ethnic groups/regions[presents methodological challenges similar to those encounteredin East Africa]
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