Anthropology is the basic starting place for both religions, human beings are the temporal mirrors and mediators (imago Dei) of God in the feature world.
This God is regarded as the ultimate source of life and being, similar to the monotheistic understanding found in other major world religions.
[9] The continuation and active participation of Muslims in traditional masking events, the maintenance of local shrines (Islamic and pre-Islamic), and other rituals is common throughout Africa.
Followers of traditional African religions in Muslim dominated areas can be found, adhering to their beliefs, rituals, magic, medicines.
Generally they have adopted the Muslim way of dressing but in matter of deeper subjects such as life, birth, marriage, death, they remain the followers of African religion.