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We do not have the exact dates, but it appears that the earliest conversions, usually of Ghanian leaders, occurred in the mid-800s C.E., and Islam became a dominant religion in the Ghana Empire by the mid-900s C.E.

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Mali converted to Islam when Mansa Musa came into power, but this was mainly because of merchants and the fact that Musa made Islam the national religion.

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