MꜣꜤt ‘Maat’, Death and the Afterlife

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Abstract This study sets out to demonstrate how in classical and traditional Afrikan thought one’s afterlife on physical spiritual planes is of as being commensurate with adherence MꜣꜤt ‘Maat’ terms lived practice rather than simply an abstract ideal. As such, we will interrogate textual examples from Kmt ‘The Black Nation/Land the Blacks’ attested contemporary Afrika among Kasena-Nankana brief references other cultural-linguistic groups. We there a shared understanding body treated experience conceptualized. find that conceptions have influenced Afrikans engage praxis.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Religion in Africa

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['0022-4200', '1570-0666']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340265