MS01.01.03.B01.F06.018

Attributes given to God were many.
1. God was the ultimate recipient.
2. Ancestral spirit was next -
people who had lived in this world but
passed on to the land of the spirits
- had fulfilled certain requirements.
They lived close to God. They had
a good death - and an influential life.
& in Jaicho's bosom - In God's
house. The dead had a role to
play in the upkeep of the community.
Strong belief in the continuation
of life after death.
Death could not break human relations.
Obligation was the basis of traditional
African Society -
The Dead were expected to protect and guard the
living - These beliefs give expression to
the concept of African community.
The Dead have their own community but
it is the supernatural aspect of the
community. [Acted ?] (beliefs) as a form of
social control - The dead ancestors punished
or rewarded the living. Every person
was linked with a long chain of
humanity before and after him - The
[masked men underlined] served as instruments
through which ancestors may return.
Divinities = spirits = created and had limitations