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Selected Aspects of African Religious Heritage Topical Questions and Answers: Form 1 CRE

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SELECTED ASPECTS OF AFRICAN RELIGIOUS HERITAGE
(a). The African concept of God, Spirits and Ancestors.
1. (a) What was the role of ancestors in Traditional African Communities?
o Provided protection from diseases and calamities
o They blessed the living with livestock, rain and good health
o Solved problems of the living by instructing them through dreams on what to do
o Punished offenders and were the guardians of morality
o They warned the living of impending danger
o Mediators between the living and God
o Helped people to become specialist
o Ancestors provided people with a sense of identity
o Thy are guardians of religious and cultural practices of the community
o They received the souls of dead family members into the spiritual world
(b) Give the occasions when sacrifices were offered in Traditional African communities.
o Sacrifices were offered during planting time
o Harvest time
o When an epidemic broke out in the community
o During the birth and naming of children
o When drought and famine occurred
o During initiation
o During marriage
o During funeral or burial /rituals
o When purification ceremonies were conducted
o In time of wars, raids as the community asked for protection and victory
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