What happened to religion in west africa when islam was first introduced?
west africans remained faithful to their original religions.
islam quickly became the leading religion of the region.
islam functioned alongside the existing religions of the region.
west africans were resistant to islam’s new ideas and ignored the religion.

I believe the answer is: Islam functioned alongside the existing religions of the region

At that time, the main problem arise between African muslim and the original religion regarding Animistic belief (the belief that a living sould could exist within an animate object). But, both these religion choose to coexist with one another and barely any conflict exist during the early introduction.

West Africans remained faithful to their original religions when Islam was first introduced in West Africa.  

Further Explanation:-

The place where Islam spread its roots from Southwest Asia was Africa. It was the first continent where Islam grew into power after Southwest Asia and during the early part of the 7th century; almost one third of Muslim population was residing in Africa. Most of the countries from Africa where Islam was practiced as a major religion belonged to Western parts of Africa. Countries like Somalia, Ethiopia, and kingdom of Aksum used to practice Islam as their major religion. But, during its initial days when Islam started to spread in Africa, It was not very well received by people of west Africa. Initially West Africans were were resistant to Islam’s new ideas and ignored the religion and they remained faithful to their original religions but slowly with time they started following Islam as Islam grew its roots in West Africa.  In today’s scenario, Islam is one of the prominent religions of Africa and it is mainly concentrated in northern parts of Africa as well as west Africa.  

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Grade – High School

Subject – History

Chapter – Islam in Africa

Keywords – Africa, West Africa, Northern Africa, Islam, Spreading, Religion, Somalia, Ethiopia, Aksum, Spread.

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