State the duties of a traditional African community helped bereaved families

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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