非洲法律文化的第一次重大变迁发生于公元7～16世纪，这是非洲本土习惯法首次遭受外来法律文化的巨大冲击。伊斯兰教法与非洲传统法律文化经过几个世纪的交汇和融合，形成了一种以前者为主，以后者为辅的新的法律文化构架，从而对非洲法律文化的的整体变迁产生深远影响。本文着 The first major change in African legal culture took place between the 7th and 16th centuries AD, which was the first time that the indigenous customary law in Africa had suffered a tremendous blow from foreign legal cultures. After several centuries of confluence and integration, the Sharia law and the traditional African legal culture have formed a new legal and cultural framework based on the former and supplemented by the latter, which has a profound impact on the overall change of the legal culture in Africa. This article