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| | Overall, the continent achieved average real annual GDP growth of 5.4% between 2000 and 2010, adding $78 billion annually to GDP (in 2015 prices).<ref>[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/05/what-s-the-future-of-economic-growth-in-africa/ 3 reasons things are looking up for African economies]</ref>}} | | Overall, the continent achieved average real annual GDP growth of 5.4% between 2000 and 2010, adding $78 billion annually to GDP (in 2015 prices).<ref>[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/05/what-s-the-future-of-economic-growth-in-africa/ 3 reasons things are looking up for African economies]</ref>}} |
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| − | === African atheists and dance ===
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| − | Africa has religious dances, but it has no African atheist dances (see: [[Atheism and dance]]).
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| − | === Wikipedia's "list of atheists" article does not list a single African athlete ===
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| − | [[Wikipedia]] was founded by an atheist and agnostic.
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| − | As of March 20, 2017, Wikipedia's "list of atheists" article does not a list a single African atheist.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_atheists_(miscellaneous)&oldid=770664697 List of atheists - Wikipeida]</ref>
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| − | ==== African atheists and long distance running ====
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| − | The largest populations of the irreligious in Africa reside in Southern African countries such as [[South Africa]], [[Mozambique]], and [[Botswana]]. Irreligion in [[Ghana]] has also been the subject of some study by the atheist Phil Zuckerman.<ref>ZUCKERMAN, P. (2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1hbaAHsAlUC Atheism and Secularity]. ABC-CLIO. p. 75. ISBN 9780313351822.</ref> Irreligiosity is also growing in the Islamic region of North Africa - especially in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. None of these areas are world renowned in terms of having long distance running champions.
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| − | Numerous studies report that athletes to be more religious than non-athletes.<ref>[http://www.thesportjournal.org/article/strength-religious-faith-athletes-and-nonathletes-two-ncaa-division-iii-institutions ''Strength of Religious Faith of Athletes and Nonathletes at Two NCAA Division III Institutions'']</ref> See also: [[Sports performance: Religious faith vs. atheism]]
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