Between Veneration and Condemnation: How Christianity and Islam Reconfigured African Ancestral Beliefs in West Africa.

The introduction of Christianity and Islam in West Africa between the 14th and 20th centuries sparked controversy over the right and wrong within the tenets of African Traditional Religion. A segregation of thoughts occurred within the African communities, with many of the new religion's converts adopting fully the principles of their new faith. In contrast, others would syncretize elements of Islamic, Christian and ancestral traditions together. The encounters between the Islamic and Christian