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Buddhism in Africa
Buddhism, as a major world religion, is practiced in Africa. Though there have been some conversion amongst Africans, most of the Buddhists in Africa, are of Asian, mostly Chinese, Vietnamese, Sri Lankan or Japanese descent.
South Africa is holding the largest Buddhist population in the continent. According to the 2010s estimates, Buddhist adherents (included Taoism and Chinese Folk Religion) áre increasing to between 0.2%〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Religious Landscape - Religious Composition by Country )〕 0.3%〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Religious Adherents, 2010 – South Africa )〕 of the South African population, or between 100 to 150 thousand people while the number of practicing Buddhists maybe low.
The African countries and territories in the Indian Ocean are also having significant Buddhist minorities. Mauritius has the highest Buddhist percentage (between 1.5〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Religious Adherents, 2010 – Mauritius (0.2% Buddhist + 1.3% Chinese Folk Religion) )〕 to 2%〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Buddhism in Mauritius (1981) )〕 of the total population) among African countries due to high number of Chinese people (nearly 40 thousands or 3% of the Mauritian population). But the number of practicing Buddhists is only about 0.4%. And Madagascar is also home of about 20 thousand Buddhists〔(religiousintelligence.co.uk - Madagascar )〕 (or about 0.1%〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Religious Adherents, 2010 - Madagascar )〕 of the total population). In the Seychelles and Réunion, Buddhists represented about 0.1%〔(Seychelles Travel Guide - Religion )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Religious Adherents, 2010 - Seychelles )〕 to 0.2%〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Religious Adherents, 2010 – Réunion )〕 of the island populations.
In North Africa, about 0.3%〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Religious Adherents, 2010 - Libya ), (AllGov - Libya )〕 (or about 20 thousand people) of the Libya's population are also Buddhists (mostly foreign workers from Asia). There are also two Buddhist centers in Casablanca, Morocco.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Buddhist centers in Morocco )〕
There are some Buddhist centers or temples can be found in Sub-Saharan African countries like: Botswana,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Buddhist centers in Botswana )〕 Cameroon,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Buddhist centers in Cameroon )〕 Cote d'Ivoire,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Buddhist centers in Cote d'Ivoire )〕 Ghana,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Buddhist centers in Ghana )〕 Guinea, Kenya,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Buddhist centers in Kenya )〕 Lesotho,〔(state.gov )〕 Liberia, Malawi,〔(Amitofo Care Center, Malawi )〕 Mali,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Buddhist centers in Mali )〕 Namibia, Nigeria,〔(Nigeria News - Being Buddhist )〕 Senegal, Sierra Leone,〔(SGI-Sierra Leone Hosts Buddhist Seminar )〕 Swaziland,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Buddhist funeral in Swaziland )〕 Tanzania,〔( state.gov - Tanzania ), (List of Buddhist centers in Tanzania )〕 Togo,〔(Fostering Peace in Togo )〕 Uganda,〔(First Buddhist center in Uganda )〕 Zambia,〔(Buddhist Study Exams Held in Zambia, Korea and the USA )〕 and Zimbabwe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=state.gov )〕
There have also been cases of some high profile celebrities converting to Buddhism such as Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, a famous British actor of Nigerian descent.〔http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/19172-60-seconds-adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje〕
One of the very few monastics of African descent is Ven. Bhante Buddharakkhita from Uganda, founder of the Uganda Buddhist Centre.
==Buddhist population by country==
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