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"To be human is to belong to the whole community, and to do so involves participating in the beliefs, ceremonies, rituals and festivals of that community."

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More quotes by John Mbiti

"Religion permeates into all the departments of life so fully that it is not easy or possible always to isolate it."

"Traditional religions are not primarily for the individual, but for his community of which he is an inseparable part."

"Wherever the African is, there is his religion."

"I am because we are; and since we are, therefore I am."

"Africans are notoriously religious."

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