Before Africa’s adoption of Western values in the modern era, the practice of burial rites followed traditional African precepts.

Africa’s adoption of western values and customs comes through the inculcation of religious practices—Christianity and Islam.

Even renowned statements such as “Remember you are dust and to dust shall you return”—often spoken during burial ceremonies—hints at Africa’s inculcating of Western religion and values.
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