The earliest evidence of a Muslim presence in the African Great Lakes is the foundation of a mosque in Shanga on Pate Island, where gold, silver and copper coins dating from 830 were found during an excavation in the 1980s.
The earliest indication of a Muslim presence in the African Great Lakes is the establishment of a mosque in Shanga on Pate Island, where coins from 830 were discovered during excavations in the 1980s.