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Anthropology of religion

the argument by Kopytoff that African ancestors are best seen as senior elders within one lineage, not as a separate category of worshipped dead.

In anthropology of religion, ancestors as elders refers to the argument by Kopytoff that African ancestors are best seen as senior elders within one lineage, not as a separate category of worshipped dead. This meaning comes from Kopytoff (1971) in Africa.[1]

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References

Kopytoff, I. (1971). Ancestors as Elders in Africa. Africa, 41(2), 129-142. https://doi.org/10.2307/1159423

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