One might not understand the rationale for the fine and, especially the fact our family which had sustained the loss of life had to pay it.īut this is our tradition and there is no point shrk arguing with this long established custom.Įnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.īut seeing the death certificate would have been irrelevant anyway to our traditional proceedings scheduled that evening. We did not see the official death certificate of the deceased stating the probable cause of death established by the hospital. There would have been no satisfactory resolution of the issue even if our clan had attempted to save our cousin.

This is a good basis for harmonious development of DR Congo because people can only develop if and when they feel empowered and psychologically able to engage in the future and at the same time stay connected to their cultural roots.Īccording to our tradition, natural death does not exist for any person. The family gathering also gave me a sense of belonging and of engaging in an event that represented the very essence of our society and its traditions for better or for worse. This a typical and common clash between the competing interests of a nuclear family unit and of the traditional extended family. The Congolese themselves seem overwhelmed by what is happening to their traditional cultures and their environment. This is the ndoki phenomenon which has such a large impact on the life of the Congolese. As for the argument of lack of assistance to the deceased, suffice it to say that our cousin was married and living with her husband and children for many years at the Catholic mission of Pindi.

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