Paper 1 · The Spirit World and Ancestors
Adherents of Indigenous Religion describe the ancestors (vadzimu) as...
Aspirits with no connection to any particular family line
Bbeings who took human form after the coming of missionaries
Cintermediaries who carry a family's petitions to Mwari
Dthe creators of the world and of the first human beings
Explanation: The ancestors are departed elders of a family who continue as senior members of it. Requests are put to them so that they may take them further up the hierarchy, which is why adherents describe them as intermediaries rather than as the source of what is asked for.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies Paper 1, June 2023, Q1