Great Mythologies of the World
Season 1
Ep 35. Death and the Afterlife in African Myth
- TV-PG
- August 21, 2015
- 32 min
Since the goal of mythology is often to provide reason to the unexplainable, it is no surprise that death and the afterlife are major themes throughout African stories, expressing yearning for immortality and questioning why we die. These myths draw blatant links between the importance of following divine instructions and adhering to communal law.