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 trace of Islamic influence in the African Great Lakes is the founding of a mosque in Shanga on Pate Island, where artifacts from around 830 were found through archaeological digs in the 1980s.