"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... New Orleans Jazz Funerals . " Feasts and Celebrations in North American Ethnic Communities . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 1995. 104 . a distinct African American religious belief system . The significance 2.
... New Orleans Jazz Funerals . " Feasts and Celebrations in North American Ethnic Communities . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 1995. 104 . a distinct African American religious belief system . The significance 2.
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... North America . Paris writes , " as have all peoples who are uprooted from their cultures and transplanted to an alien environment , African slaves brought their worldviews with them into the diaspora . " Therefore , the experience of ...
... North America . Paris writes , " as have all peoples who are uprooted from their cultures and transplanted to an alien environment , African slaves brought their worldviews with them into the diaspora . " Therefore , the experience of ...
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... North American diaspora as commonalities remain present in homegoings despite geographic separation and technological advancements . Also , a look at African American homegoings offers a positive outlook on death to younger African ...
... North American diaspora as commonalities remain present in homegoings despite geographic separation and technological advancements . Also , a look at African American homegoings offers a positive outlook on death to younger African ...
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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