Comoros and Mayotte

 

 Introduction: Early Muslim trade in the Indi​an Ocean​

Our research in the Comoros and Mayotte Island concerned the relationship between trade and Islam in the Indian Ocean. I focused particularly on the beginnings of the Muslim connections with East Africa ​​and how trade propagated Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. This point is crucial to understanding the beginning of the Swahili Culture.​​