Inspired by the Southern Roman Empire / Roman African Imperium thread, What-If West Africa was developed to a standard nearer to the Roman controlled parts of West Asia / North Africa and never ended up being islamised or if a (slightly Phoenician influenced / Romanized?) West African equivalent of the Axumite Empire was somehow able to form?
Also, would it ever be possible for a scenario to form where the peoples of West Africa are united by a common identity or have enough commonality for civilisations / kingdoms / etc to form much earlier compared to the OTL?
Am asking since beyond the Nok Culture and the Ghana Empire there seems to be hardly any notable pre-islamic history / civilisations to speak of compared to East Africa, though that is understandable given that all humanity is considered to have originated from the latter.
Also, would it ever be possible for a scenario to form where the peoples of West Africa are united by a common identity or have enough commonality for civilisations / kingdoms / etc to form much earlier compared to the OTL?
Am asking since beyond the Nok Culture and the Ghana Empire there seems to be hardly any notable pre-islamic history / civilisations to speak of compared to East Africa, though that is understandable given that all humanity is considered to have originated from the latter.
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