‎'‎‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ an enormously useful book ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ regional differences in approach and data availability are clear ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ One of the books strengths is that Insoll provides much background information for the advent of Islam in Africa and for the context of Muslim societies there ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ Insoll‎'‎s thematic and continental synthesis is a stimulating pleasure to read and will long remain a valuable work of reference‎.‎‎'‎ Cambridge Archaeological Journal ‎'‎‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ Insoll‎'‎s thematic and continental synthesis is a stimulating pleasure to read and will long remain a valuable work of reference‎.‎‎'‎ Cambridge Archaeological Journal ‎'‎This is a book long overdue‎.‎‎'‎ Antiquity ‎'‎It is a massive compendium of facts‎,‎ sites and published opinions ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ This is a useful book that helps to understand the wider picture of Islam in Africa‎.‎‎'‎ Journal of African History ‎'‎Sub‎-Saharan Africa is a vast area‎,‎ incorporating an incredible amount of cultural diversity and encompassing a myriad of material expressions‎,‎ and this volume captures that diversity‎.‎‎'‎ Journal of African Archaeology