The politics of cultural defiance: exhumations and rural reburials in Covid times

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Bank, L. & Madini, A. The politics of cultural defiance: exhumations and rural reburials in Covid times. Daily Maverick. Online. (07 February 2021).

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15811
 
Abstract:
The legacy of the initial ruling by the Covid-19 advisory committee that bodies should be encased in plastic has been traumatic and catastrophic for many rural African families. The key to a successful burial is 'fetching the spirit' from the place of death and safely returning it home. This requires constant communication with the spirit of the deceased.
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24 Feb 2021
 
COVID-19
FUNERALS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
 
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