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Ancestors as Elders in Africa by Igor Kopytoff

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Ancestor cults loom large in the anthropological image of Africa, but only certain dead with particular structural positions are worshipped as ancestors; this paper presents a study of ancestor and elder veneration among the matrilineal Suku of south-western Congo (Kinshasa).

Submitted in section: Religion & Spirituality: African: Traditional: Ancestors as Elders in Africa by Igor Kopytoff

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