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Outline the traditional African understanding about evil.

Outline the traditional African understanding about evil.

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Kavungya
- Most African communities believe that god did not create evil nor is the temptation to do evil.
- Some African communities attribute the origin of evil to spiritual beings that is evil spirits.
- Others believe that evil is caused by bad magicians.
- If someone broke an established community taboo, he would suffer some form of evil like sickness or bareness.
- Dead ancestors, if offended by the living were also believed to cause / send evil to the offender.
- Some African communities have myths which show that God created the would with a possibility of evil.

Kavungya answered the question on November 15, 2022 at 08:42

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