Dr. Kevin MacDonald

It does make me think, I mean, there are several traditions like this, but in terms of ones that I'm personally familiar with, you have this process amongst the Sanufu of Mali and then an area south of Mali as well. But where I've seen this is in Mali. where there is the disposal of the things of the dead. And I mean, you can see this elsewhere in the world.

It does make me think, I mean, there are several traditions like this, but in terms of ones that I'm personally familiar with, you have this process amongst the Sanufu of Mali and then an area south of Mali as well. But where I've seen this is in Mali. where there is the disposal of the things of the dead. And I mean, you can see this elsewhere in the world.

I mean, you can see this possibly with things like the Hopewell culture in America.

I mean, you can see this possibly with things like the Hopewell culture in America.

I mean, you can see this possibly with things like the Hopewell culture in America.

Yeah. Where you have these, you know, lots of grave goods or lots of objects deposited after someone's dead. And, you know, the hypothesis is this is like a radioactive waste containment chamber sort of notion that these objects have power. or as one would say in the man-made world, nyama.

Yeah. Where you have these, you know, lots of grave goods or lots of objects deposited after someone's dead. And, you know, the hypothesis is this is like a radioactive waste containment chamber sort of notion that these objects have power. or as one would say in the man-made world, nyama.

Yeah. Where you have these, you know, lots of grave goods or lots of objects deposited after someone's dead. And, you know, the hypothesis is this is like a radioactive waste containment chamber sort of notion that these objects have power. or as one would say in the man-made world, nyama.

So they have power, and they're associated with certain individuals, and in order to keep those individuals from still acting in this world after their death, you need to contain those objects, you need to smash them so they're no longer intact, you need to mix them up, and you need to bury them when you're burying the dead.

So they have power, and they're associated with certain individuals, and in order to keep those individuals from still acting in this world after their death, you need to contain those objects, you need to smash them so they're no longer intact, you need to mix them up, and you need to bury them when you're burying the dead.

So they have power, and they're associated with certain individuals, and in order to keep those individuals from still acting in this world after their death, you need to contain those objects, you need to smash them so they're no longer intact, you need to mix them up, and you need to bury them when you're burying the dead.

So in the Sanufu areas that I'm familiar with, you have a situation whereby when someone dies, the last water glass they were drinking from, you're going to dispose of that. If it was a woman and she had her heart stones, you're going to dispose of them.

So in the Sanufu areas that I'm familiar with, you have a situation whereby when someone dies, the last water glass they were drinking from, you're going to dispose of that. If it was a woman and she had her heart stones, you're going to dispose of them.

So in the Sanufu areas that I'm familiar with, you have a situation whereby when someone dies, the last water glass they were drinking from, you're going to dispose of that. If it was a woman and she had her heart stones, you're going to dispose of them.

If you have pots or other objects that someone was using, particularly in the last couple of months before their death, you're going to take these all to an area near the cemetery and you're going to smash them and mix them up so that they cannot return and act through those objects.

If you have pots or other objects that someone was using, particularly in the last couple of months before their death, you're going to take these all to an area near the cemetery and you're going to smash them and mix them up so that they cannot return and act through those objects.

If you have pots or other objects that someone was using, particularly in the last couple of months before their death, you're going to take these all to an area near the cemetery and you're going to smash them and mix them up so that they cannot return and act through those objects.

And I'm not saying this is the same thing, but I'm saying it's a model of some reasons that these are objects which could have been very actively used during an individual's lifetime. But then after their death, they become dangerous. And so you have to smash them up.

And I'm not saying this is the same thing, but I'm saying it's a model of some reasons that these are objects which could have been very actively used during an individual's lifetime. But then after their death, they become dangerous. And so you have to smash them up.

And I'm not saying this is the same thing, but I'm saying it's a model of some reasons that these are objects which could have been very actively used during an individual's lifetime. But then after their death, they become dangerous. And so you have to smash them up.