A Short History of Islamic West AfricaA Short History of Islamic West Africa Issa Meyer Zaman Books From the first medieval conversions to the twilight of the colonial era, this book unfolds over a thousand years of one of the most captivating sagas in African history. It traces the great milestones in the spread of Islam between the Sahara, the Atlantic Ocean, and Lake Chad across that vast region once known as the Sudan, a land whose Islamic tradition is as rich, dynamic, and