No I don’t believe they were
Explanation:
As trade intensified between Africa and Asia, prosperous city-states flourished along the eastern coast of Africa. These included Kilwa, Sofala, Mombasa, Malindi, and others. The city-states traded with inland kingdoms like Great Zimbabwe to obtain gold, ivory, and iron.
Yes it was..lets say the tran saharan trade routes which runs across North Africa to the middle East..the people coming from the middle East were speaking Islam and the people in North Africa had to communicate with them...so somehow learnt it..so yeah lol, I suck at explaining stuff buh I hopeu get it? :/
Everybody got to fighting.<span />
Texas v. Johnson demonstrates that people have symbolic speech. Also Johnson (the guy who burned the American flag in protest) is aloud to burn the flag, although it is not a popular action he can do it because it is his right under the first amendment of freedom of speech