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This was the dominant religion in Sub-Saharan Africa prior to the colonial period. Christianity Hindu Indigenous Islam

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Indigenous because in 1900, only 14% in Sub-Saharan Africa practiced Christianity, and 9% practiced Islam. That was during the colonial period. Hindu was practiced by the Indians, so the only logical answer is Indigenous.
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The right answer "Indigenous"

North Africa has a Muslim majority for several centuries, yet sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a dramatic religious shift in the 20th century. In 1900, Christians (9%) and Muslims (14%) were a minority in sub-Saharan Africa, while 76% of the population followed African indigenous religions. Many of these religions were brought to the Americas through the slave trade and gave birth to African-American religions, such as candomblé and umbanda in Brazil, santeria in Cuba and voodoo in Haiti.

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