Ancestral Veneration as a Metaphysical Issue in Yòrùbá Culture: Exploring the Spiritual Agency of Social Reconstruction in a Glocal Context
Africans are in the habit of venerating the dead among them who qualify as ancestors. The practice of ancestral veneration in Africa, particularly amongst the Yòrùbá people of West Africa, is premised on their belief in continual existence after death. The supposition is that the dead, who have no...
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| Main Author: | Oreoluwa Idris ADESANYA |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Department of General Studies, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti
2025-06-01
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| Series: | ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.abuad.edu.ng/index.php/agidigbo/article/view/1742 |
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