It matters because atheism and secularism are foreign, alien ideologies. To impose such on Africa is every bit or worse than slavery and colonialism. It can only lead to disaster and further underdevelopment.

Cases in point are Ethiopia and Somalia. These are the two of the worse examples of alien ideology imposed on African culture. The result has been remarkably similar in both cases. In Erhiopia literally millions of innocent people starved to death or were slaughtered outright by foreign agents in the government. In Somalia millions are still refugees all around the world. In other words, the Africans have been forced to leave home in order to accomodate an alien ideology.

Egypt is somewhat a better situation in which secularism in attempting to impose itself. It has resulted in autocracy in which the people have little to no say in their government. Algeria ended its experiment in democracy in order to fight against believers and impose secularism. It makes absolutely no sense. It only ends up harming Africans.