Paper 1 · Family and Conflict Resolution
In Indigenous Religion the family includes the living, the yet unborn and the departed members of the lineage, who are approached in prayer and are known as the ............ .
Model answer
ancestors
Also accepted: vadzimu, midzimu, ancestral spirits
Explanation: The departed members of a lineage become vadzimu, the ancestors, who are believed to watch over the family, to be displeased when the family neglects them or breaks a taboo, and to be approachable through beer offerings and prayer at the family shrine. This is why the family in Indigenous Religion is not limited to those currently alive.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies 4047/1, Specimen Paper (2018 batch), Q1