"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... brother starts digging a grave in an uncultivated ground where other men join and help him . " 45 This example of community involvement represents the African belief that " death is something that concerns everybody . " For Africans the ...
... brother starts digging a grave in an uncultivated ground where other men join and help him . " 45 This example of community involvement represents the African belief that " death is something that concerns everybody . " For Africans the ...
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... Brother Trotter [ [ was ] laid out in his casket up front , right before the pulpit and choir . [ He ] made a handsome corpse . A face with powerful features . A strong face . Dignified by the stillness of death . " 147 This detailed ...
... Brother Trotter [ [ was ] laid out in his casket up front , right before the pulpit and choir . [ He ] made a handsome corpse . A face with powerful features . A strong face . Dignified by the stillness of death . " 147 This detailed ...
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... brother starts digging a grave in an uncultivated ground where other men join and help him . " 172 The ceremony itself includes a procession in which " the men first , carrying the corpse , with women coming behind " 173 oftentimes ...
... brother starts digging a grave in an uncultivated ground where other men join and help him . " 172 The ceremony itself includes a procession in which " the men first , carrying the corpse , with women coming behind " 173 oftentimes ...
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According African American funeral African American homegoing African and African African worldview theology American homegoing celebrations American homegoing services American homegoing traditions Annie Mae Johnson Anthony Heilbut attire belief system bereavement Biblical Black Church Black preacher Brown County burial casket ceremony Charles Durant Christian African Americans Coevolution Quarterly color continuity of African Cornel West Crissman cultural continuity cultural practices deceased demonstrative expression display dress Elaine Nichols emotions enslaved Africans Eric Lincoln eulogy Euro-American European family and friends family members Felder final funeral home Funeral Traditions Gospel music grandmother grandmother's hair wreaths Heaven honor Jindra John Mbiti living loved Masamba and Kalish Mbiti writes Mother Evans mourners mourning Orleans Jazz Funerals performative elements Precious Lord presence of family processional religion represented ritual Ron Brown singing Sis Fannie Sis Fannie's slavery song South Carolina spiritual spoken word survivors Sybil Kein Take My Hand wake Washington West African wore Yoruba