"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... Yoruba belief points to a cultural continuity inherent in African Americans ' belief system . The diasporic approach to death is also described in Robert Farris Thompson's Flash of the Spirit which states , the " Bakongo believe and ...
... Yoruba belief points to a cultural continuity inherent in African Americans ' belief system . The diasporic approach to death is also described in Robert Farris Thompson's Flash of the Spirit which states , the " Bakongo believe and ...
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... Yoruba , for example , Olorun is viewed as being above all other gods , and sacrifice to any one of them is concluded in his name . " 40 Thus Africans ' view of death is a positive one because it's not an end , but a beginning in the ...
... Yoruba , for example , Olorun is viewed as being above all other gods , and sacrifice to any one of them is concluded in his name . " 40 Thus Africans ' view of death is a positive one because it's not an end , but a beginning in the ...
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... Yoruba Society , " Olatunde Bayo Lawuyi writes , " the biography..is a written document , part of an elaborate ritual that celebrates the rites de passage of the dead . " 116 The eulogy and the music play a crucial role in the homegoing ...
... Yoruba Society , " Olatunde Bayo Lawuyi writes , " the biography..is a written document , part of an elaborate ritual that celebrates the rites de passage of the dead . " 116 The eulogy and the music play a crucial role in the homegoing ...
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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