The Fulani were a group of Islamic scholars who attempted to spread their strict form of Islam through military conquest in West Africa. They were not slave raiders or founders of the Ndongo kingdom, and their mission had nothing to do with spreading Christianity. They did not fall victim to Swahili expansion, which occurred in East Africa, far from Fulani territory.

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The Fulani

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The Fulani

A) were the most feared of the slave raiders who haunted coastal Africa.
B) established the central African kingdom of Ndongo.
C) attempted,through military conquest,to instill a strict form of Islam in Africa.
D) fell victim to Swahili expansion.
E) eventually failed in their mission of spreading Christianity.

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