 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Africa ndiyo kondinendi yokutanga yakapararira chiIslam kubva kuSouthwest Asia, mukutanga kwezana remakore rechinomwe CE. Chinenge chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chevaMuslim vari munyika yose chiri muAfrica. VaMuslim vakayambuka Djibouti yazvino neSomalia kunotsvaka utiziro muEritrea yazvino neEthiopia panguva ye Hijrah, Kutama kuUmambo hwechiKristu hweAksum. Kufanana nehuwandu hukuru 90 hwevaMuslim munyika, maMuslim mazhinji muAfrica zvakare maSunni maMuslim; kuoma kweIslam muAfrica kunoratidzwa muzvikoro zvakasiyana-siyana zvemafungiro, tsika, uye manzwi munyika dzakawanda dzeAfrica. Muitiro wechiIslam mukondinendi hauna kugadzikana uye unogara uchigadziridzwa nemamiriro ezvinhu akakurumbira munzanga, mune zveupfumi, uye mune zvematongerwe enyika. Kazhinji chiIslam muAfrica chinowanzoshandurwa kuva tsika dzechiAfrica uye zvitendero zvinoumba zvitendero zveAfrica. 