دور التجارة و قوافل الحج في انتشار الإسلام في إفريقيا جنوب الصحراء

Abstract EN

Sahara has been a barrier for communication among civilizations between the Arab countries and African territories and beyond, trade was a big role in linking the territories are connected and this was reflected in linking North Africa and its south, as active convoys desert Muslim merchants with regions of Africa sub-Saharan, thoroughly those traders to enter religion of Islam and West Africa dissemination, proceed from the north to the west, and helped by the open border between the territories of the region the hajj trips and trade, which facilitated the migration of some Muslims northerners to areas in sub-Saharan Africa and reside there, they took with them the light of Islam and its culture and publishing it there.

And it will try to this study the role of trade and pilgrimage convoys in the spread of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa, by tracking the reality of the commercial relations between the North Africa and the kingdoms, subSaharan Africa, the consequences of which reflected in cities and towns and trade routes on the outskirts and south of Sahara, which clearly show the role of Muslims merchants in spreading Islam sub-Saharan Africa.