Animal Sacrifice – Ritual Slaughter in Africa
When the South African politician and anti-Apartheid activist Tony Yengeni’s family engaged in ritual slaughtering for a traditional cleansing ceremony it sparked a lot of controversy concerning animal rights and cultural practices.
The practice of ritual slaughter originates surprisingly from Greece. Certain gods were offered sacrifices in the form of animal sacrifices for the purpose of appeasing those gods seeking counsel and blessings. The practice made its way to Rome and was further evidenced in the Bible by the children of Israel.
In today’s context, ritual slaughter has remained dominant in African cultures all over the continent. It has become a large part of cultural identity and participation. What do you say to a community of people whose culture is deeply rooted and defined by their acknowledgement of the ‘spiritual’ world (spiritual world in this context denoting ancestral world) through the ritual slaughter of animals? An African doctrine states that …
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