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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
This paper investigates the effects of cremation on African traditional celebrations of the livin... more This paper investigates the effects of cremation on African traditional celebrations of the living dead in Kenya. The study examines bereavement and mourning practices in communities, with a particular focus on traditional modes of mourning, grieving, and remembering the living dead. According to the study, African traditions, the spread of Christianity, the influence of the Hindu culture, and Islamic beliefs all conflict with the changing culture that is slowly embracing cremation. The methodology for this study involved secondary data. The conclusion drawn from the study is that even as the scarcity of land pushes societies to consider the option of cremation, cultural and religious perceptions have painted the practice unethical and term it “un-African.” In Kenya, the majority of the population still opts to bury their dead in their ancestral homes in order to perform ritual and religious burial rites.
INTRODUCTION Women empowerment, connotes that women shall enjoy human rights in practice regardle... more INTRODUCTION Women empowerment, connotes that women shall enjoy human rights in practice regardless of gender. This prompts women agency and economic vibrancy in the realization of their full potential as productive workers, (Kardam & Kardam, 2017) especially in the sugar industry of western Kenya. Empowerment is, therefore, a process by which “oppressed” persons agentively gain control over their lives individually & collectively. Globally, cash crop farming as epitomized by sugarcane provides employment in the areas of production to stimulate economic returns to the labourers in the industry, hence the temptation by a large number of women to provide labour in the sugarcane plantations in western Kenya. The increased number of women providing labour in the sugarcane plantation is provoked by the women’s agentive utility response instincts (Anderson, 2002) to the family subsistence needs with an endeavour to utilize their labour and time maximally to their advantage in securing the...
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2019
US-China Education Review B, 2015
Sociology and Anthropology, 2017
Journal of Advances in Social Science and Humanities, 2016
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
This paper investigates the effects of cremation on African traditional celebrations of the livin... more This paper investigates the effects of cremation on African traditional celebrations of the living dead in Kenya. The study examines bereavement and mourning practices in communities, with a particular focus on traditional modes of mourning, grieving, and remembering the living dead. According to the study, African traditions, the spread of Christianity, the influence of the Hindu culture, and Islamic beliefs all conflict with the changing culture that is slowly embracing cremation. The methodology for this study involved secondary data. The conclusion drawn from the study is that even as the scarcity of land pushes societies to consider the option of cremation, cultural and religious perceptions have painted the practice unethical and term it “un-African.” In Kenya, the majority of the population still opts to bury their dead in their ancestral homes in order to perform ritual and religious burial rites.
INTRODUCTION Women empowerment, connotes that women shall enjoy human rights in practice regardle... more INTRODUCTION Women empowerment, connotes that women shall enjoy human rights in practice regardless of gender. This prompts women agency and economic vibrancy in the realization of their full potential as productive workers, (Kardam & Kardam, 2017) especially in the sugar industry of western Kenya. Empowerment is, therefore, a process by which “oppressed” persons agentively gain control over their lives individually & collectively. Globally, cash crop farming as epitomized by sugarcane provides employment in the areas of production to stimulate economic returns to the labourers in the industry, hence the temptation by a large number of women to provide labour in the sugarcane plantations in western Kenya. The increased number of women providing labour in the sugarcane plantation is provoked by the women’s agentive utility response instincts (Anderson, 2002) to the family subsistence needs with an endeavour to utilize their labour and time maximally to their advantage in securing the...
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2019
US-China Education Review B, 2015
Sociology and Anthropology, 2017
Journal of Advances in Social Science and Humanities, 2016