Religious education in Sudan

The case of Sudan is simultaneously interesting and problematic. We must consider Sudan, first of all, as a valid representation of the particular heterogeneity of the African continent and especially of Africa south of the Sahara: various ethnic groups and subgroups and, above all, religious groups, characterize it (about 60 percent Muslim, 15 percent Catholics, and 25 percent animists or those belonging to traditional autochthonous religions). Consequently, Sudanese society could be described as an inter-cultural, inter-religious, and multicultural state.1