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Obstacles to progress

Distortions

birthed. Foreign religions simply don't have that same connection to the African
continent. “

"The Spirituality of Africa" 338
Jacob K. Olupona
Professor of African Religious Traditions
The Harvard Gazette (October 2015)

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“ 10% of Africans are thought to still practice Traditional African religions - and many
more Africans combine their Christianity and Muslim faith with aspects of traditional

African religion
(its worth reading "The African Concept of Death" (http://www.deathreference.com/A-

Bi/African-Religions.html) to gain an understanding of why this is).
The General Household Survey, published by StatsSA, showed that more than 5% of
individuals subscribe to religions described as, 'ancestral, tribal, animist or other

traditional African religions'. “
"The Most Popular Religions in South Africa." 339
BusinessTech (June 2016)

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African Nations With Christianity As The Dominant Religion

Sao Tome & P 97% (56% of whom are Roman Catholics)
DRC 96% (including 35 million Roman Catholics)
The country's Catholic church manages the
education of most children in the country. A large
network of hospitals, stores, farms, etc., are
managed by the church.
Angola 95% (Over 50% of whom are Roman Catholics
Rwanda 94% (Roman Catholics account for 44% of the Rwandan
national population. 38% of the population is
affiliated to Protestantism and 11.8% are
Seventh-day Adventists. Christianity in Rwanda is
often merged with traditional beliefs with the
Rwandan God Imana often being considered
synonymous with the Christian God by many
indigenous Rwandans)
Seychelles 93% (76% of whom are Roman Catholics)
Equatorial Guinea 93% (87% of whom are Roman Catholics)
Lesotho 90% (45% of whom are Protestants)
Namibia 90% (75% of whom are Protestants)
Swaziland 60%