Were ancient Africans pagan?

My father is obsessed about tracing his lineage down. This is because stories are passed on in African culture orally, and due to this culture we lose a lot of "history". read more

So while the vast majority of ancient Africans, including those living in the reaches of time predating the Faiths of the Book, were undoubtedly believers in pagan faiths there have also been notable exceptions. read more

Many ancient religions were polytheistic and believed in a pantheon of gods. This effort of combining all non-Christian religions under one umbrella was, in fact, a clever strategy by the early Christians to remove the "pagan" faiths altogether. read more

Pagan and paganism were pejorative terms for the same polytheistic group, implying its inferiority. Paganism has broadly connoted the "religion of the peasantry", and for much of its history was a derogatory term. read more