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Food is prepared on an open fire for the afternoon meal at the New St John’s Apostolic Church of Prophecy in Grahamstown, South Africa, September 05, 2015. A cow has been ritually slaughtered by the Archbishop in thanksgiving to God. Most African Independent Churches conduct sacrificial ceremonies, many see it as an organic cultural suture of pre-Christian Southern African and biblical traditions. Photo: Jane Berg.