WI No Islam: effects in Africa

There are housands of threads about what if there's no Islam. But, what I'd like to discuss now is what would be the effects of no Islam in Africa (North Africa and Subsaharan Africa).

IOTL, Islam played a mayor roll in the continent. Firt Egypt, then North Africa, then the Berebers were converted. Islam penetrated both from the North (via the Berbers) and the East (Arabian and Persian traders). Many if the first African states were hevily influenced by Berbers, and Islam.

If there's no Islam, would the Berbers become Christians, or remain pagan? What effects would this have in the formation of Black states in the Sahel and in West Africa?. Would there's still be slave trade, as IOTL? And what about East Africa? Would Arab and Persian states still reach the east Coast? What religion would they have? And finalyy, would Etiopia played a more significant roll ITTL?

Any other ideas?
 
Where are you stopping--Islam stays in Egypt, of does Egypt remain Christian? One of the effects of my TL is that Islam does not take hold in Africa west of Kanem.

Details are not the best that far back, but from what I can tell the Berbers of North Africa did not become fully Islamic until the conquests of Idris II, who built a lot of infrastructure in the area to cement Islamic rule in what would be Morocco. Until then you had Christians, you had some Islam, you had a lot of native paganism and some syncretic religions that persisted until the Almoravids and in a few places, until the Almohads. It was the traders that spread Islam down into the Sahael from the north. Ghana itself remained pagan and was not conquered by the Almoravids! The first of the true Islamic empires of the Sahael was Mali though Takrur was the first state to convert to Islam around the 1050s. Without Islam coming from the north, the Berbers and Tuaregs will most likely remain pagan or semi-Christian if the Visigoths push south. Also note: you had significant Kharijite populations IOTL in Sijilmasa and later... I want to say Tiahert but I can't be sure. Despite the Idrisids and the following dynasties (Aghlabids from example) there were significant Christian populations persisting in cities west of Algiers until the Fatmids. Without Islam it's possible Christianity spreads from here. But unless the Visigoths or Byzantium or Rome get their act together, it's going to be a weird version. If some native Christian power arises, it's possible you'll get an odd form of Berber Christianity extending south.

If this happens, it's possible that when the Church tries to stomp out slavery it is going to take a very dim view of enslaving fellow Christian Africans for any reason later. So I see Sahelian Christian Kingdoms arising at some point if Islam never makes it to Africa and a reduced slave trade for sure. Meanwhile, Berber Christian dynasties in the Maghreb and better trade access to West Africa without having to use ships to get around Islamic states. Even with Berber Christian dynasties, it's going to be a very gradual conversion process until some kingdom converts fully.

I don't know a whole lot about East Africa sorry, only that it's almost certain that Makuria will continued. IOTL they were actually starting to assert hegemony over upper Egypt for a while and eventually got conquered and Islamized by the Ayyubids. Frankly, if Egypt remains Christian there is probably not going to be an Ethiopia. I'd lay odds on Makuria and maybe Alodia competing for hegemony in that region. They are not going to be existentially threatened by anyone from Arabia. It's not the best land, and Yemen is too agriculturally weak to do so by itself.

ED: No on else has any thoughts?
 
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