For Africans, entering life means entering God’s eternal memory permanently

Evidence

In fact, for the African, once born into the world, one can only evolve, changing state and place but, because of the bounty of the Creator, one does not die. No one dies, only everything changes. Once someone enters into God’s thoughts (when one starts living) one remains there for ever, because God does not know how to lose something that has always been His from eternity. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 332

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with the Tempels-derived ‘vital force’ concept and Christian theological framing of eternal life in God; also echo of Plotinus’ ‘nothing falls outside the One.’