What was a characteristic of early African religions? A) the belief that there was only one god
B) the use of written texts to spread religion
C) agreement across villages that all people came from clay
D) a pantheon of many gods and spirits

I think it's D

Explanation:

because they had many gods believed to have different purposes like for rain, sun,war, and other things.

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written by alan ward and published in 2003. ward is a historian and was a professor at the university of connecticut.

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