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===Languages===
===Languages===
===Religion===
===Religion===
[[Image:Africa islam 87.jpg|thumb|Islam in Africa today]]
{{See also|Religion and Africa}}
{{See also|Religion and Africa}}
The dominant religion of Arabic-speaking north Africa, is Islam. It replaced Christianity in the 7th century and slowly spread west and south across the Sahara and into the equatorial zones. Today Islam includes about 41% of all Africans.
The dominant religion of Arabic-speaking north Africa, is Islam. It replaced Christianity in the 7th century and slowly spread west and south across the Sahara and into the equatorial zones. Today Islam includes about 41% of all Africans.
The Christian churches, based on missionary work of the 19th and 20th centuries,<ref>There are remnants of much older Coptic Christian settlements in Ethiopia.</ref> claim 45% of the population, of whom 55% are Protestants. There are about 150 million Roman Catholics on the continent, led by 33,000 priests.<ref>Using projections based on data at [http://www.fides.org/eng/statistiche/2000_0.html Fides News Service]</ref> The Anglican Church includes about 5 million members in Nigeria, 2.4 million in South Africa, 2.2 million in Uganda, 1.5 million in Kenya, 1.0 million in Tanzania, and 2 million or so elsewhere in Africa.<ref>See [http://anglican.org/domain/admin/countries.html Anglican statistics]</ref>
The Christian churches, based on missionary work of the 19th and 20th centuries,<ref>There are remnants of much older Coptic Christian settlements in Ethiopia.</ref> claim 45% of the population, of whom 55% are Protestants. There are about 150 million Roman Catholics on the continent, led by 33,000 priests.<ref>Using projections based on data at [http://www.fides.org/eng/statistiche/2000_0.html Fides News Service]</ref> The Anglican Church includes about 5 million members in Nigeria, 2.4 million in South Africa, 2.2 million in Uganda, 1.5 million in Kenya, 1.0 million in Tanzania, and 2 million or so elsewhere in Africa.<ref>See [http://anglican.org/domain/admin/countries.html Anglican statistics]</ref>