Christian Somalia

How about the Portuguese establishing bases on the Somali coast and slowly expanding from there?

Portugal has no manpower to subdue Somalia let alons to (force them to) convert.

Any Christian dominance in Somalia requires a POD before the 10th century as there is no strong established Islamic Authority. I suggest agressive Coptic missionary activity from Alexandria per 300 AD. That will be succesful among Pagans.

If Ethiopia is strong centralised state before Somalia has their own native Muslim state then they can even rule as East as the Point of Africa.
 
If Ethiopia is strong centralised state before Somalia has their own native Muslim state then they can even rule as East as the Point of Africa.
Perhaps a Portuguese-Ethiopian alliance in the early 1500s allows for the Ethiopian Emperor and his government to centralize their power over the Ethiopian state with Portuguese support?
 
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