Explain five social effects of Indian ocean trade on the people or the Kenyan Coast up to 1500 AD
Answer:
- Some African communities along the coast were converted Islam.
- It led to development of towns along Kenyan coast e.g. Mombasa, Malindi and
Lamu.
-Arab Muslim culture spread along Kenyan coast.
- Arab immigrants intermarried with indigenous inhabitants giving rise to Swahili communities.
- Slave trade brought about war among communities.
- Slave trade and slavery led to depopulation in the region.