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In what five ways did Islam affect the people of pre-colonial sierra Leone?​

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Answer:The arrival of Islam in Sierra Leone in the eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of a new form of identity for the people, in that it came with new ideas which were blended into the social milieu of the Sierra Leonean society.

Islam came to Sierra Leone largely through tribal migrations of people from the Sudan, speaking Mande languages. 5 main movements, the first 3 involving not those already converted to Islam, but those fleeing from Islamic empires and forcible conversion (about 1400).

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