"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... became Americanized and eventually creolized into distinctive African American forms such as the memory jug . I was able to view a display of hair wreaths and memory jugs at the South Carolina State Museum while conducting research with ...
... became Americanized and eventually creolized into distinctive African American forms such as the memory jug . I was able to view a display of hair wreaths and memory jugs at the South Carolina State Museum while conducting research with ...
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... became the messenger in the slave community and the slave preacher . According to 117hooks and West , 136 . 118Ibid . 119 William H. Wiggins , Jr. " The Black Preacher As Storyteller " Talk That Talk . New York : Simon and Schuster ...
... became the messenger in the slave community and the slave preacher . According to 117hooks and West , 136 . 118Ibid . 119 William H. Wiggins , Jr. " The Black Preacher As Storyteller " Talk That Talk . New York : Simon and Schuster ...
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... became the pastor during her illness his eulogy would be broad and not inclusive of grandmother's life : a sermon about the elderly , longevity and death wouldn't necessarily speak about the entirety of Annie's life . Surprisingly , his ...
... became the pastor during her illness his eulogy would be broad and not inclusive of grandmother's life : a sermon about the elderly , longevity and death wouldn't necessarily speak about the entirety of Annie's life . Surprisingly , his ...
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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