"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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African American Homegoing Celebrations" Phillip Nathaniel Frazier. a distinct African American religious belief system . The significance of this cultural continuity perhaps was best stated by Pastor A.C. Durant who stated " the ...
African American Homegoing Celebrations" Phillip Nathaniel Frazier. a distinct African American religious belief system . The significance of this cultural continuity perhaps was best stated by Pastor A.C. Durant who stated " the ...
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African American Homegoing Celebrations" Phillip Nathaniel Frazier. reflective of African burial practices . The continuity of these practices symbolized the strength of an African belief system that was not obliterated by slavery . Like ...
African American Homegoing Celebrations" Phillip Nathaniel Frazier. reflective of African burial practices . The continuity of these practices symbolized the strength of an African belief system that was not obliterated by slavery . Like ...
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... continuity of African death celebrations by paying great attention to ushering the spirit of the deceased home . Their belief was " that the soul of an African American would 170 Smithsonian Institution . 6 . 171Ibid . 172 Mbiti , 150 ...
... continuity of African death celebrations by paying great attention to ushering the spirit of the deceased home . Their belief was " that the soul of an African American would 170 Smithsonian Institution . 6 . 171Ibid . 172 Mbiti , 150 ...
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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