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Having learnt about Mwaka Koga, how does the New Year reflect a mixture of cultures? 

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Having learnt about Mwaka Koga, how does the New Year reflect a mixture of cultures? 

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Based on your understanding of the Swahili coast and people so far, how did Swahili people adapt Islam into their lives? (Provide examples). 

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Based on your understanding of the Swahili coast and people so far, how did Swahili people adapt Islam into their lives? (Provide examples). 

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The Expansion of Islam and Trade in Africa | Africa's Great Civilizations | PBS LearningMedia

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The period from the eleventh through seventeenth centuries represents a golden age in Africa with an expansion of trade, commerce and prosperity. On the east coast, Swahili merchants took advantage of trade winds to engage in trade relations with the Middle East, India and China.

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I believe that the Swahili people thought by accepting the Muslim religion would grant them access to trade routes and better knowledge and resources.

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They taught their children the Quran in Madrasas.
- Julnar

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The swahili people adapted well to islam and they appreciated the faiths Religious value. Additionally the Swahili people noticed that adopting their neighbours religion they would benefit by this helping with their trading relationships and granting the Swahili people with new access to trade networks. Finally another example of them adapting well is that many Swahilis at the time did not fight and adapted to the faith. They adapted Islam into their lives by reading the Quran and having religious classes present in schools.
Noah

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One way the Swahili people adapted Islam into their lives was by creating Key Swahili. This language of the Swahili had Arabic words, but it was an African language.. Another way they adapted Islam in their lives is by teaching kids how to read the Quran by teaching how to read the Arabic alphabet, this alphabet was then used to write poem and Swahili history. The Swahili has many different traditions in their culture which are originally from Islam.

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Swahili people accepted the Muslims and knew it would also help them in some way, they would have access to a trading partner.

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They adapt Islam into their lives by mikes their African culture and tradition with it. An example would be the creation of the new language Kiswahili.

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They adapted by seeing the different ways of  Islam and designed it as their own like the uses for trading networks that Arab people had introduced them to and burials to the physical space of the mosques, they create new Islamic traditions that reflect their own African culture.

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Swahili people adapted islam into their lives in many different ways. They incorporated it in their daily lives for example teaching kids at school the Quran thus allowing them to learn how to read. They had Arabic words woven into their language and Islam eventually became such a key component of their African culture and their country specifically. While appreciating this culture, they also did this because it benefited their trading networks with neighbouring countries who shared the same religion.
- Parsa

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The new year reflects a mixture of cultures because in that region there are many cultures. So on the new year they participate in many traditions which leads to a mixture of cultures. For example first they were reciting a muslim prayer “Allahu Akbar” and then they sacrificed a goat which shows a mixture of cultures.
Noah

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With regards to the Mwaka Koga, the new year reflects a mixture of both cultures by first, taking a bath in the sea to purify sins, and then chanting in the village: "Allahu Akbar" as a from of prayer.

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- It's also known as the Nairuzi festival, which is a Persian derived name
- Sacrificing a goat: a shared practise in many cultures that have interacted in those regions
- Reciting adhan before the sacrifice: using the Muslim call to prayer to begin a ritual near spirits or a crossroads

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Mwaka Koga had many different traditions adopted from Islam. For example, the Swahili started the day with a bath to purify themselves (this is like Wudu, where Muslims clean parts of their body for ritual purity). Another example is the recitation of adhan when near crossroads or Allahu Akbar. Their communal sacrifice is like the sacrifice performed in Islam during Eid al-Adha.

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By incorpoartating different culture and traditons into your own culture and tradition. A example is reciting Allahu Akhbar.