Much like you my knowledge of African beliefs is that the general consensus seems to be for Christianity however I am aware the there is some mix incorporations like Santieria which believes in spiritual Afro Caribbean pagan deities to use the generic term hidden behind patron saints. I made a few visits to an urban parish some while back, during my time there I saw to one side of the Church shrine along with the images of the Madonna (Mary & Child) and saints a wooden pre-Christian primitive carving an African deity definitely non Christian standing there unmentioned and unchallenged, I am a true believer that one should not mix and match faiths and should keep a consistency of practice when following monotheist faiths , would but mention a thing? it had dust on it and given to reason there would only be another reason why it was there, some Africans practice Satanism which seems to be a new sensation amongst them here, practising a belief that excludes them of guilt or burden, I am not entirely sure how many Africans practice their indigenous beliefs, should they do so I care not so long as it dose not conflict with any of my beliefs, having to revert I practice a Western Indigenous unconventional religion, I wonder how many Africans are aware of that it is not just Wiccans and Druidism that are from the Western World, No I am not inviting them because American Indian beliefs grow from within , all in all' like you I have very little knowledge of Pre-Christian Africa, when I was on facebook a group of Americans said that they believe that the Africans are the new Israel if you understand what that mean? I totally disbelieve this statement because I am aware that many of them are capable of great evil, I say this from experience, whether they acted out of ignorance is another matter however ignorance dose not substitute an excuse for doing evil , you cannot prevent or win anyone over that way, evil bigots evil, the best thing to do to get the info you want about African religions is go to the library, that is what I would do, your a student so you will have extensive access to either discontinued literature or no generic literature, I notice that you use the name Cypress so your against the steeple?