Among the Swahili stories, we find the story of "The Painter's Donkey," the story of "Master Jarsuh," and the story of "The Falcons and the Crows," which are stories drawn from the book "Kalila wa Dimna" by Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa'. We also find other stories such as the tale of "Muhammad the Lazy" and the tale of "Haseeb Kareem," which are taken from "One Thousand and One Nights." There are also Islamic religious stories inspired by Arabic sources, such as the story of our master Abraham.

b) Ethiopia: Islam entered sub-Saharan Africa peacefully, and Ethiopia was the first African country to know Islam with the first and second migrations of the Companions during the reign of the just king, Al-Najashi Ashama ibn Abjar, who was a Muslim. Then, in the east of the country, Islamic emirates called "Islamic Style Emirates" emerged, resulting from successive migrations from the Arabian Peninsula to Abyssinia from the seventh century AD. Arabs mingled with the locals, as Africans embraced Islam and adopted its culture, and their social lives changed.

The city of Harar, located in eastern Ethiopia, is considered one of the oldest Islamic emirates in East Africa, appearing in the fifteenth century AD. After its fall in 1887 AD at the hands of the King of Abyssinia, it has maintained its Islamic character to this day. Its inhabitants speak the Harari language, an Afro-Asiatic language influenced by Arabic. Historically, the Arabic script was used for its writing, and its scholars were known for their asceticism and Sufism.

Ethiopians speak several Afro-Asiatic languages, the most important of which are: Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre, and Arabic. Ge'ez is the oldest and the language of ancient Ethiopian heritage. It derived its script from the Arabic script, then Amharic replaced it, becoming the official and literary language of the country. As for Arabic, it is widespread in the coastal region with a Muslim majority and is the language of Islamic schools in Harar and other areas.

Culture in the Amharic language remained confined to the clergy, who knew nothing of books except the Bible. Ethiopian literature was linked to religion, and most of it was composed in