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Kuzimu
Swahili
English:
World of the Dead
culture
3 translations across African languages
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Pre-colonial context
“Ancestral spirit world — a core belief in many African cosmologies.”
In other languages
Luhya
Emakombe
Abode of departed spirits
Wanga · KE
Correct
Luhya
pre-colonial
Emakoombe
Bukusu · KE
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