ancestor spirits

What Role Do Ancestors Play?

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What Role Do Ancestors Play? The correct answer is: the ancestor is the one who grants wisdom, knowledge and blessings. The best definition to this role is: the guide. In a chokwe initiation ritual, the ancestors through their spirits have a very important role: they are the one who meet individual and community requests. What

Who Is An Ancestor In African Traditional Religion?

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Who Is An Ancestor In African Traditional Religion? Most of the “traditional” groups of people living in South Africa arrived here from West and Central Africa about 1 500 years ago. Most of them were Bantu -speaking people and were the ancestors of many South Africans, especially the Nguni groups like the Zulu and Xhosa.