... . One thing that the Muslims offered that caught the attention of the West Africans was a chance to become literate by way of learning Arabic. Later, "teachers and messengers" of Islam would arrive in West Africa. This was a catalyst for the mass conversion of West Africans to Islam. After the West Africans converted, they attempted to mix Islam with traditional African religions. This resulted in ... Arabs began enslaving their fellow Muslims. Turner goes through this thorough description of the founding of West African Islam to communicate to the reader that the Islam of African People ...

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