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1. • • In my exposition of the African conception of death and its relation to the question of life's meaning, I will explore the idea that death involves a disembodiment of subjective consciousness, such that the individual continues to exist (albeit without her physical body) either as an ancestor or as a spirit in limbo.
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   • In this week’s lecture, we studied the mythology of death/disease in African tradition and the symbolism that further explains these traditions. In a lot of African cultures, life and death exist in the continuum in which death is seen as a passage to another plane of existence.

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   • Furthermore, the implied role of death within such a culture is to complement life, and to introduce the deceased to the realm of communication among the living and non-living, or the invisible and visible worlds. Hereby, ancestral worship comes to the fore, which is a crucial component of traditional African culture.

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   • To do this, I will begin by curating an African conception of death that sees death as primarily the disembodiment of subjective consciousness. Through this disembodiment, the individual can approach death with meaning in life and pivot into meaning after life.

   Death and meaning(lessness): re-examining the African view

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   What is a 'breath of life' in African mythology?

   • This ‘breath of life’, the mysterious consciousness, at once energy and spirit, impresses itself on the clay, transforming it into something entirely different. Another common idea in African myths is the slightly tragic way in which human beings learn about their ultimate fate – death.

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   • Another common idea in African myths is the slightly tragic way in which human beings learn about their ultimate fate – death. In the Nzami myth, Fan, the first man, was himself immortal but became arrogant and was duly punished. The new man who succeeded Fan was created differently with ‘his head turned’ in order that he could see death.

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   Aug 5, 2020 · In this week’s lecture, we studied the mythology of death/disease in African tradition and the symbolism that further explains these traditions. In a lot of African cultures, life and death exist in the continuum in which death is seen as a passage to another plane of existence.

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   Dec 22, 2008 · The rich literature on African beliefs and practices relating to death is largely disconnected from demographic history, and this poses a major challenge for historians of death in Africa.

   • Author: Rebekah Lee, Megan Vaughan

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   Jun 3, 2017 · Within traditional African cultures in general, life does not end with death, but merely progresses into another realm (Mbiti, 1969). Thus, death within such a context does not terminate or end a...

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   To argue for this thesis, I divide this article into three main sections. In the first sec-tion, I attempt to conceptualize the African notion of death, using clues from the litera-ture on African metaphysics and African philosophy of religion.

7. www.jstor.org › stable › 3336496Death, Ritual, and Art in Africa - JSTOR

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   Death, Ritual, and Art in Africa FRED T. SMITH The characteristic behavior and out-look regarding death in contempo-rary America are far different from those in a more traditional society. The death of a person in Africa, for example, is a sig-nificant event that can affect the entire structure of society. The magnitude of its

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   Oct 1, 2020 · This ‘breath of life’, the mysterious consciousness, at once energy and spirit, impresses itself on the clay, transforming it into something entirely different. Another common idea in African myths is the slightly tragic way in which human beings learn about their ultimate fate – death.