sentences:  The common African conception of beings under these names is more similar to the incorporeal "zombie astral", as in the Kongo Nkisi spirits.A related, but also often incorporeal, undead being is the jumbee of the English-speaking Caribbean, considered to be of the same etymology; in the French West Indies also, local "zombies" are recognized, but these are of a more general spirit nature.The idea of physical zombie-like creatures is present in some South African cultures, where they are called "xidachane" in Sotho/Tsonga and "maduxwane" in Venda.