GCEIslamic Religious StudiesIslam in West Africa2020

The Almoravid movement, which had a significant impact on the spread of Islam in West Africa, originated among which group of people?

AThe Hausa of northern Nigeria
BThe Dyula traders of the forest zone
CThe Sanhaja Berbers of the western SaharaCORRECT
DThe Tuareg nomads of the central Sahara
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The Almoravid movement (Al-Murabitun) originated among the Sanhaja Berber confederation of the western Sahara in the 11th century CE. Under leaders such as Abdullah ibn Yasin, they launched a religious reform movement that eventually influenced the Ghana Empire and contributed to the Islamisation of the region.
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