Maaki Modimola sways along to a hymn in the yard of her dead sister's home in the South African township of Soweto, a bottle of sanitiser swinging in her hand.
SOWETO, South Africa - Maaki Modimola sways along to a hymn in the yard of her dead sister’s home in the South African township of Soweto, a bottle of sanitiser swinging in her hand.
Township funerals are usually much more extravagant affairs. But, like grieving families across South Africa and beyond, Maaki and her relatives had to scale back their plans and forgo some cherished traditions to comply with coronavirus restrictions. More than 3,500 miles away from Soweto in Cameroon’s commercial capital Douala, Constantin Size’s uncle died from a COVID-19 related condition, and was buried the same day without full ceremony.
“My uncle belonged to the class of nobles called ‘Suinfo’ . Only the initiated are allowed to attend his burial, with rituals aimed to accompany his soul to the creator,” Size said. Back in South Africa, some in the Zulu culture believe proper custom needs to be followed or spirits will not rest.
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