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ong before foreign ships reached the coast, the African continent did not pray to the sky in fear—they walked alongside the spirits of the earth, iron, and water.
But when new doctrines arrived across the ocean, an entire continent was convinced to abandon its sacred groves and fear its own ancestors. We traded carved wood for paper books, and our ancient protectors were left to the creeping vines of the forest.
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Did the old gods die, or are they just waiting in the shadows?
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