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“Summons” by Aurora Levins Morales: Peaceful activism opens arms for grief and mourning in a beautiful poem -
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AMA Adopts New Policies Expanding Access to Palliative Care: The American Medical Association encourages physicians to offer palliative care, regardless of prognosis
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Tag Archives: Xhosa people
Bringing the Spirit Home in Xhosa Burial Rituals
How the funeral rites of the Xhosa people of South Africa can transform a spirit into an ancestral guide
For most people, the culture, traditions, and even the existence of the Xhosa people would have remained unknown were it not for the death of anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. Although the world will mourn his loss for years to come, with … Continue reading
