Martin Mujinga

A Critical Reflection on the Eroded Burial Rites Among the Zezuru People of Chiota Area in Zimbabwe

In African societies, death is never viewed as the end of life but as a transition to another life. Among the Zezuru People of Zimbabwe, words such as watisiya, “he has left us”, and waenda, “he has gone”, present death as not the end but a rite of passage to the spiritual life....