This is a strange sentence lol but I assume it means that although she was physically present at the funeral, her mind was extremely distant from what was happening in front of her. So I guess she doesn't remember anything, or maybe it was very nostalgic because she was remembering him, idk.
In Africa, the equator runs for almost 2,500 miles/ 4,020 kilometers through seven West, Central and East African countries just south of the Sahara Desert
