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What if there were an African religion, an across the board faith that could have been accepted by people from all of Africa, with a high emphasis on conversion just like most Abrahamic faiths, that arose and gained a large number of followers before the beginning of Christianity and Islam, and could continue being popular in Africa after the rise of Islam? How would Africa's religious makeup be like today if a more organized traditional faith was able to gain a foothold in the Continent before the two more popular Abrahamic faiths could get on the starting line?

Well, I think that the best place for this religion to start would be in Kush. Let's say that this religion would be monotheistic with a high emphasis on conversion, unlike most African religions; the faith has temples and a religious text, the religion has some aspects of the traditional Kushite faith. This religion, which we'll call Jebelmarra, is able to gain a high number of followers but due to friction between the Jebelmarra faithful and the followers of the Kushite religion the Jebelmarrans are forced to move away. They settle outside of Kush in South Sudan and Ethiopia, and are able to gain more followers. The Jebelmarra are able to gain a lot of support in Ethiopia. The Jebelmarra faith is already very popular in The Horn of Africa by the time of Christianity, so it is unable to gain a lot of followers in Ethiopia. Jebelmarra spreads down south to Somalia. The Muslims are able to get some followers in Somalia, and there is conflict on both sides. After the fall of Nubia, Jebelmarra is accepted by a lot of Kushites and it is able to spread northwards. Jebelmarra isn't very popular outside of Africa. Jebelmarra is already practiced as far away as the Sahel and Margreb. With the Bantu and Nilote expansions, Jebelmarra is carried deeper into Africa. From the Sahel Jebelmarra was able to spread into Western Africa. Slaves taken to the Americas carry Jebelmarra with them, and many Black Slaves pracise it. There are, however, Muslims on the East African coast, in parts of the Horn of Africa and the Sahara. Many Africans stick to their traditional faiths, but Jebelmarra is extremely popular in the Sahel, Ethiopia and many kingdoms in Eastern Africa, but most tribal, decentralized Africans reject the faith. During the colonization of Africa by Europe, Jebelmarra is treated better than the other African faiths, and conversion isn't as effective. Many of the tribal peoples of Central, South Eastern and South Western Africa accept Christianity. Many of the communities that practice traditional faiths in OTL Africa still do the same in TTL Africa.
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