Our community elder who knew all the traditional funeral rites died last year, and now we are trying to honor my uncle properly but we are making up half the ceremony and I feel like we are failing him.
More people experience this than they realize.
The loss of traditional knowledge can make subsequent deaths feel doubly tragic.
“Where Are You with African grief traditions — communal mourning?”
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