It can be asserted that the most important subject matter among the Igala people like many other societies in Africa circles around life. In other words, everything seems to revolve around projection and preservation of life. For this reason, even when somebody dies, it is believed that he or she is still alive based on legacies, achievements, children etc that the person must have acquired during his earthly life. Thus, people struggle to maintain this essential of what makes a human being whether alive in bodily form or in spirit. And if by any chance, one gives in to bodily decay, ceremonies are arranged to project his continuous existence in the land of the dead. Furthermore, beyond the life of an individual is the community life, which is very important in Igala society. It is believed that nobody can exist in isolation. Hence to be alive means to be part of community undertakings and interactions. This paper looks at the various understanding of corpus of life among the Igala, while examining what is considered enemy of life, which is death. Death, among the Igala, especially that of young people is perceived as anomaly and as such enemy to life. This is because, unlike the elderly that are celebrated by ceremonies when they pass on from bodily existence as forming the ancestors, young people do not easily qualify to be. In this case, the death of a young person is considered a short-change since he or she might not have acquired all that is needed to be considered alive after bodily death. This paper examines the meaning of life as well as its categories, and types of death which is considered enemy of life.