By Elimu Assistant Team 
Ways in which people in Traditional African Communities helped bereaved families
- They visited the bereaved/ stayed with them/ kept them company/ gave them moral support
- Consoled them through singing, dancing, praying, giving words of comfort
- Contributed food and other material needs and gave them moral support
- Helped them by performing certain duties for them e.g. cooking, cleaning, welcoming mourners running errands
- They attended the funeral to give the departed a good send-off
- Helped in preparing the body for burial
- Informed friends and relatives about the death
- Made a eulogy to praise/ to testify the deceased’s contribution to the community
- Participated in rituals/ ceremonies performed by the bereaved family e.g. slaughtering, eating, dancing, cleansing
