Men of the Bantu tribes are buried in an open space in the midst of their huts ; in the Nilotic tribes , if the first wife of the deceased be alive he is buried in her hut , if not , beneath the veranda of the hut in which he died . Men of the Bantu tribes are buried in an open space in the midst of their huts ; in the Nilotic tribes , if the first wife of the deceased be alive he is buried in her hut , if not , beneath the verandah of the hut in which he died .