What languages are spoken and what religions are practiced by the inhabitants of the Sahara Desert?

Sub-Saharan Africa has a number of localized tribal languages. One of the widely spoken tribal languages is Eastern Bantu. This language is the official language of Tanzania and Kenya. There are also Hausa and Berber languages that are indigenous to Africa. In Southern Africa, however, English solves the basic problems of communication, while in Northern Africa French and Arabic do the same. Of course, there are also regional uses such as Portuguese and Spanish.

Religion:

There are three main religions practiced by black Africans: traditional religion, Islam, and Christianity. Traditional religions are those inherent to black Africans with a long history and a broad social base, while Islam and Christianity are religions that have since been introduced to Africa from the outside world. On the face of it, Muslims and Christians constitute the majority of the national population in 21 of the 37 black countries south of the Sahara (8 for Islam and 13 for Christianity), outnumbering the countries where traditional religions are practiced by a majority of believers (16). Indeed, traditional religions still have a deep-rooted influence in all aspects of social life in Africa. This is because neither Islam nor Christianity has been able to truly replace traditional religions in any of the black countries, but rather to merge with them. Both Islam and Christianity have had a process of assimilating elements of traditional religions in Africa and taking the path of localization.

African traditional religions have their own characteristics, unlike world religions which have a large number of classical writings, numerous temples and monks, they do not have a written history or scriptures. However, where there is no literature, people tend to have stronger memories. To this day, some of the African traditional religions still use a secret language, or liturgical language, in their rituals. And this liturgical language is the dialect of the place where the ritual originated. This shows that even though there are no classics to be found in African traditional religion, it passes on its rituals from generation to generation through oral means, from teacher to student. The basic contents of African black traditional religion are: nature worship, ancestor worship, totem worship, tribal god worship and supreme god worship. Its core content is to respect the sky and honor the ancestors, the so-called sky is nature, the ancestors are ancestors.