Get premium membership and access questions with answers, video lessons as well as revision papers.

Death was accompanied by mourning. Give ways in which Africans showed mourning in traditional African communities

      

Death was accompanied by mourning. Give ways in which Africans showed mourning in traditional African communities.

  

Answers


Faith
Halting of normal activities
Smearing of oil on their bodies with white clay
Some communities stopped washing their bodies.
Some communities stopped eating
Each person would refrain from sexual intercourse.
People sang mourning songs.
Close relatives to the deceased shaved their heads.
Faimus answered the question on December 17, 2017 at 18:12


Next: Death was the last rite of passage in traditional African communities. What are some of the funeral rites that were observed?
Previous: State the factors that determined the burial rites in traditional African communities

View More Christian Religious Education Questions and Answers | Return to Questions Index


Learn High School English on YouTube

Related Questions