Death and morality: perspectives on the moral function of death among the basoga of Uganda

Numerous studies on death in African societies with no doubt have been successfully conducted though their preoccupation has the religious and spirituality perspectives. There a great deal of theologizing about spiritual connection between life here after death. Most humanities zeroed burial rituals rites as means transition to world. Others concentrated how different cope misfortune death; through grieving, mourning, choosing an heir or heiress succession disputes that are always part parcel such culturally acknowledged process. Death is largely constructed challenge misfortune, many scholar concerned define, perceive, handle this catastrophe. scholarly works paid deaf ear social value comes demise individual. One definition shaping moral order society, which occurs. Busoga traditional society Uganda used case study. both geographical reality cultural entity, found eastern Uganda. The authors argue rather than militating life, promotes perpetuates values one hand discourages vices destabilize other.