"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... African American traditions are rarely so hefty , with the exception of state funerals such as those of Dr. Martin ... West African cosmology of life and death known as the Four Moments of The Sun. These expressions are ensconced in ...
... African American traditions are rarely so hefty , with the exception of state funerals such as those of Dr. Martin ... West African cosmology of life and death known as the Four Moments of The Sun. These expressions are ensconced in ...
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... African Americans . Secondly , the homegoing reaffirm African Americans ' faith in God which enables them to endure ... West African death practices as they relate to religious belief systems will be the foundation of a discussion of ...
... African Americans . Secondly , the homegoing reaffirm African Americans ' faith in God which enables them to endure ... West African death practices as they relate to religious belief systems will be the foundation of a discussion of ...
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... Africans had a religious foundation in the belief in a single creator God . Most of the slaves in South Carolina were from West Africa , particularly the Congo region , which embraced a belief in a Supreme God . According to Elaine ...
... Africans had a religious foundation in the belief in a single creator God . Most of the slaves in South Carolina were from West Africa , particularly the Congo region , which embraced a belief in a Supreme God . According to Elaine ...
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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