- Southern African Beliefs
- Concept of God-- light, brightness, and sheen
- Medicines-- material substances manipulated for good or evil
- Evil-- believed to be contained in everywhere, negative feelings like:
- Anger/hate
- Jealousy
- Lust
- Greed
- Shades
- African family shades exist in two categories:
- Dead senior kin (male or female)
- Founding Heroes-- relevant for political units such as chiefdoms
- Based on how close the first family member is to God
- African family shades exist in two categories:
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