During the reign of Mansa Musa in the 14th century the Wangara had traveled farther than ever before and in doing so reached the Yoruba states of southwest Nigeria. There it was called Esin Imale, "Religion of the Malians" or "Hard Knowledge". After a 2nd wave of Songhai speaking Wangara and a 3rd wave by Muslim Fulani many Yoruba subgroups such as the Nago , Oyo, Ife, Ilorin  & Ijebu had sizable Muslim communities by the 19th century.
During the reign of Mansa Musa in the 14th century the Wangara had traveled farther than ever before and in doing so reached the Yoruba states of southwest Nigeria. There it was called Esin Imale, "Religion of the Malians" or "Hard Knowledge". After a 2nd wave of Songhai speaking Wangara and a 3rd wave by Muslim Fulani many Yoruba subgroups such as the Ijesa , Oyo, Ife, Ilorin , Egba & Ijebu had sizable Muslim communities by the 19th century.
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Nago
Ijesa
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, Egba