“He should stay in the grave”: Cultural patterns in the interpretation of near-death experiences in African traditional religions.
The Journal of near-death studies 2017 Gregory Sushan
A wide-ranging survey of ethnographic, explorer, and missionary literature demonstrates that although historical accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs) are attested in indigenous African societies, they are comparatively rare. Correspondingly, there is also a scarcity of mythological narratives of journeys to afterlife realms and a comparative lack of concern with afterlife speculation per...