Being black

 When a loved one has passed away, in our different cultures talk to the passed individuals ,  it is usually telling them rest in peace or rather telling to avenge their death if their death is suspicious or was at the hands of a person.  Do you think the people hear us nor is it necessary ?

 Lobola is a marriage tradition practiced by black people. It is called the brdidewealth,  whereby the family of the groom pays the family of the bride before marriage.  It is  considered not the purchase of the wife but rather the union of two families. It is now paid in cash. Some people believe that lobola is unnecessary and it's the purchase of the wife and love while some believe it is Thanksgiving to the bride's family for grooming and empowering a wife they are now taking  Do you think lobola is a necessity?

As blacks at a certain age young men and women  go to initiation school.  However now at any age you could go to the school. Initiation school is place where men and women to go as part of the process of becoming adults, it includes circumcision for men.   Do you think in this time and era initiation school is relevant?