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===Other countries=== Eastern Maghrib was one of the first three places in the world where Christians were a majority.{{sfn|Isichei|1995|pp=1-2}} In the early twenty-first century outside the United States, [[Kenya]] has the largest yearly meeting of [[Quakers]]. In [[Uganda]], more [[Anglicans]] attend church than do so in [[England]]. Ahafo, [[Ghana]] is recognized as more vigorously Christian than any place in the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Isichei|1995|p=1}} There is revival in East Africa, and vigorous women's movements called ''Rukwadzano'' in [[Zimbabwe]] and ''Manyano'' in [[South Africa]].{{sfn|Isichei|1995|p=2}} [[Apostles of Johane Maranke|The Apostles of John Maranke]], which began in Rhodesia, now have branches in seven countries.{{sfn|Isichei|1995|p=2}}{{refn|group=note|As in all preceding cultures, Christianity in Africa has been influenced by local African culture just as local African culture has absorbed aspects of Christianity.{{sfn|Isichei|1995|p=7}} Whether a church is 'orthodox' or 'syncretistic' is not an academic question, yet it remains a concern for anthropologists attempting to record a history of religious changes in Africa.{{sfn|Isichei|1995|p=7}} Isichei writes that the history of religion focuses on "what is central to religion: belief, ritual and the religious community" while still recognizing that religion is of central importance to contemporary world history.{{sfn|Isichei|1995|pp=7, 9}}}}
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