(Traditional African Shrine Masks) (GENERAL KNOWLEDGE) The founders of African traditional religion are the African ancestors. These are the men and women who have lived and died, handing over the religion to their descendants. Generally, to be an ancestor in African worldview, the person must have lived a good moral life, and thus must have respected the taboos of the community also the person must leave behind a male offspring or offspring's. The traditional cosmology expresses belief in a supreme being, the supreme being is usually thought of as remote from daily religious life and is, therefore, not directly worshipped. There are also the lesser gods that take "residency" in streams, rivers, trees, and mountains. These gods ...