ISD 117 covers 26 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study
sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked
answers for each one.
Islamic intellectual, religious and social institutions
Traditional African religions and Islamization
Entry of Islam into Kanem-Borno
Trade, diplomacy and education in Kanem-Borno Islamization
Islam in Hausaland
Hausa states and centers of Islamic learning
Islamic beliefs, laws and institutions in Hausa society
Islam in Yoruba Land
Agents of Islamization in Yoruba Land
Trade routes, education and missionary activities in Yoruba Islamization
Introduction to Philosophy
Branches and Key Concepts of Philosophy
Philosophy and Other Forms of Knowledge
Existence and Essence
Types of Existence
Aristotle’s Ten Categories
Substance and Accident
Introduction to Logic
Sound and Fallacious Reasoning
Signification and Its Types
Literal and Implied Signification
The Five Universals
Definition and Its Conditions
Direct and Indirect Inference
A sample from this course
One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.
Introduction and spread of Islam in West Africa
Islam was introduced to West Africa through trans‑Saharan trade routes and later expanded by Sufi brotherhoods and local rulers. Understanding the chronology, key actors, and socio‑economic drivers is essential for analysing how Islam shaped political structures and cultural identities in the region.
What you get for ISD 117
Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.