"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... burial customs that are shaped by a distinctive Afro - Christianity . The catalog highlights articles describing the cultural continuity of West African beliefs and burial practices among South Carolina 17Smithsonian Institution Life ...
... burial customs that are shaped by a distinctive Afro - Christianity . The catalog highlights articles describing the cultural continuity of West African beliefs and burial practices among South Carolina 17Smithsonian Institution Life ...
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... burial customs they were narrow in scope and colored by ethnocentrism . Furthermore they paid little attention to the religious basis of the customs . Studies by H. Carrington Bolton ( 1891 ) and Ernest Ingersoll ( 1892 ) were perhaps ...
... burial customs they were narrow in scope and colored by ethnocentrism . Furthermore they paid little attention to the religious basis of the customs . Studies by H. Carrington Bolton ( 1891 ) and Ernest Ingersoll ( 1892 ) were perhaps ...
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... burial being in one's best . For this reason Nichols writes , burial insurance was considered more important by the very poor than sickness or accident insurance . " " Burial insurance it further states , would be the first to be taken ...
... burial being in one's best . For this reason Nichols writes , burial insurance was considered more important by the very poor than sickness or accident insurance . " " Burial insurance it further states , would be the first to be taken ...
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