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While there's been talk of surviving Roman Africa prior, much of the discussion has been a surviving Western Empire. What would be the least drastic changes needed for a remnant of Roman Africa to survive the Muslim conquest?

Could a small state exist in the fringes of Mauritania or Numidia where the African Romance Christian population is preserved? In a somewhat similar fashion how Asturias managed to survive as a refuge. Or could a reconquista type event happen leading to the Romance speaking population to be restored as the elites, with a gradual process of converting the population back to Christianity?
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