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[[File:Africa pol 2003.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|A study conducted by the Washington-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says that [[Africa]]ns are among the most religious people on Earth.<ref>[http://ffrf.org/outreach/item/13652-why-so-many-africans-are-religious Why so many Africans are religious: Leo Igwe]</ref>]]

[[File:Africa pol 2003.jpg|thumbnail|right|230px|A study conducted by the Washington-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says that [[Africa]]ns are among the most religious people on Earth.<ref>[http://ffrf.org/outreach/item/13652-why-so-many-africans-are-religious Why so many Africans are religious: Leo Igwe]</ref>]]

Individuals advocating irreligion in [[Africa]] have been dated to go back several millennia.<ref> M.B. Mat'e, The History of Freethinking in Ancient Egypt (1956), no. 3.</ref>  During the 1950s and 1960s, irreligion in Africa became more prevalent as the educated classes became influenced by [[communism]], [[socialism]] and anti-colonial movements gained influence on the continent (see also: [[Atheism and communism]]).  

Individuals advocating irreligion in [[Africa]] have been dated to go back several millennia.<ref> M.B. Mat'e, The History of Freethinking in Ancient Egypt (1956), no. 3.</ref>  During the 1950s and 1960s, irreligion in Africa became more prevalent as the educated classes became influenced by [[communism]], [[socialism]] and anti-colonial movements gained influence on the continent (see also: [[Atheism and communism]]).