In this chapter, what really caught my intention was the section about the Bantus. According to Strayer in terms of religion, their practice places less emphasis on a High or Creator God, who was viewed as remote and largely uninvolved in ordinary life, and focused instead on ancestral or nature spirits. If you knew me personally, I enjoy eerie and spooky things. To know that their focus was on ancestral or nature spirits make me want to do more research on them.
Another fact that caught my attention was a figure on page 254. It was called 'A Female Luba Ancestral Statue'. Now this statue shown in the book, stated that it was a representation of powerful women, often ancestral figures, were frequent in wood carvings of the Bantu-speaking Luba people of Central Africa. Many of the figures show women touching their breasts which is a gesture that signifies devotion, respect and the holding of secret knowledge. I find that very beautiful.
