Ghana
The Religion of Ghana Although he himself had never visited Ghana, Al-Bakri wrote one of the most comprehensive and precise accounts of this great African kingdom, The Book of Routes and Realms in A. ... Al-Bakri was a geographer from Muslim Spain and his accounts were based on both the earlier works of Al-Warraq, as well as travelers and traders who had passed through Ghana. One subject concerning the kingdom of Ghana Al-Bakri discusses is their religious customs, though it must be considered that evidence of this subject is not from the people of Ghana, but from Muslims in Spain and it is possible that it is not completely objective. Al-Bakri notes that the religious community in Ghana included twelve mosques, one which was especially for the Friday prayer. ... The use of the words “sorcerers” and “cult” to describe the religion of Ghana is evidence of the bias from an outsider, for it is plausible to assume that a person from Ghana would not describe his religion in this remote manner.