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I know it's unlikely, but what if an African state (or states) had adopted the European ideals of the Enlightenment era? The only candidates I can think of at the moment are Congo, which was heavily influenced by Portugal and the upper classes of which, at the very least, were somewhat Europeanized and Christian.

Also, perhaps the North African Ottoman states, in the late 1700s, could have adopted some form of Enlightened Islam or later some Napoleonic-influenced ideology?

This is all really unlikely, at least in the situation in OTL, but how could it be possible and how would it have impacted the world?
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