Why was the city of timbuktu important? a. it was the crossroads of travel from the atlantic coast to mecca. b. it was a center of trade, culture, and education. c. it was the site of the largest gold mines in africa. d. it served as the west african home of the sultan of egypt.

It was an important centre of Islamic learning and a major trade centre at the cross roads of the Sahara trade routes. 

That's true, it's a belief in one god

It developed as a reaction to the impact of european colonialism in africa on peoples of african descent. in the  mid-20th century, activists in africa adopted pan-africanism as a rallying cry for independence from colonial rule. some african pan-africanists sought to unite the continent as one independenthope it was useful