By studying the religion of Islam in Africa, I noticed that the transaction of trade resulted in an exchange of religion. Gilbert and Reynolds stated that "trade brought more than salt …show more content…
In his article he discussed that the tension between the traditional religion and Islam, lead to converts. Those who were against the traditional religion started to adapt to Islam. The force of the jihad movement and its expansion into other territories also lead to expansion of Islam. Hiskette did a great job in analyzing how people convert to Islam under the jihad movement. His information ties into my theme of converting conditions because his work supports the argument that people converted to Islam because of the conditions they were