Behind Zambia’s traditional communities, what generational practices have survived for thousands of years, and how have the customs, beliefs, and rituals that once honoured leaders in death now evolved? A thousand years ago, the death of a chief was more than the passing of a leader. It marked the beginning of a sacred journey into the ancestral world. According to oral traditions passed down by elders, chiefs were sometimes buried alongside cho…
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