This book has been written on the premise that the mode of coping with death of virtually all African ethnic communities has taken proportions and turns that ar
One of the inescapable truths that humanity has to grapple with is the reality of death. The manner in which we die, or the cause of our death, may differ, but
In many communities across the world traditional beliefs and practices are passed down generations and are a feature of day-to-day life, despite the influence o
"Based on a foundation of cultural theory and scholarship, the author explores a variety of issues related to race, culture and death ritual practices by immers
Igbo Funeral Rites is about the rigorous and complex nature of death and burial obsequies in Igboland. Analytical as it is descriptive and anthropological as it