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How was death understood in African Traditional community?

How was death understood in African Traditional community?

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Kavungya
(i) Death was one of the stages of life/a link between the physical and the spirit world.
(ii) Death normally was not associated with natural happening but always has a religious or mystical explanation.
(iii)It was not a very welcomed occurrence and especially when one died while young, it was feared.
(iv) It could be a punishment from the spirits or God for misbehavior in society.
(v) Could be a warning or activities of an evil spirit.
(vi) The Africans believed that the spirit left a person when he died to join the spirit of those who had died before.
(vii) The dead still continued to link with the living.
(viii) The death of an old person was taken as being called by God to join the spirit world.
(ix) Death brought sadness to the bereaved and neighbors.
(x) It was a phenomena after which people had to be purified to ward off more deaths.
Kavungya answered the question on November 15, 2022 at 11:55

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