Yes.
A growing civilization needs to expand its territory to increase agriculture and influence.
Developed Pan African Africanism
wrote a book that promoted African Independence
Part of the first political party before his rule
Now the knowledge about historical events is almost automatically updated and hierarchically set in the Internet. All the new information we have to find in one place. We have many sources of information that describe one event from different angles. Finally, the technology allows to play back events, e.g. battles, which allows to better understand the context.
Military conquests by the Arab Empire and traders of Islamic faith were the primary means for spreading Islam to Africa, Europe, and Asia. I think its this one