Question

List eight ways in which members of the traditional African communities helped the bereaved families.

Answer 1

1. They visited them and gave them moral support
2. They consoled them through song and dance.
3. They contributed food and other materials needed and performed certain duties.
4. They eulogized the deceased.
5. They in informed friends and relatives about death.
6. They attended the funeral to give the departed send off.
7. They mourned with them.
8. They helped bury the dead/corpse.
9. They ensured the bereaved performed all rituals.