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    Supports→Religion cannot be totally banished from the domain of moral practice in African society.

    God is held by African people to be the overlord of human society and to have a superbly moral character.

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    With all this said, however, it cannot be denied that religion plays some role in the moral lives of people, such as African people, who are said to be “incurably religious”. Because God is held by the African people not only to be the overlord of the human society but also to have a superbly moral character, and because the ancestors (ancestral spirits) are also supposed to be interested in the welfare of the society (they left behind), including the moral life of the individual, religion const

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