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elders  

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  • In traditional African societies, as well as embedded within the value systems in contemporary African communities worldwide, to live to an old age was and is considered a blessing. Eldership is, however, more than mere aging. [Source: Encyclopedia of African Religion; Elders]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XBN9CWPT-L

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