"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... cultural continuity . This cultural continuity represents the coming together of the community to honor and celebrate the life of a beloved member who has died . Several studies have addressed aspects of the African American response to ...
... cultural continuity . This cultural continuity represents the coming together of the community to honor and celebrate the life of a beloved member who has died . Several studies have addressed aspects of the African American response to ...
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... cultural continuity . Being cognizant of spirits , Africans and their enslaved relatives paid great attention to keeping the spirits happy by having death celebrations . An archaeological analysis of African - American mortuary behavior ...
... cultural continuity . Being cognizant of spirits , Africans and their enslaved relatives paid great attention to keeping the spirits happy by having death celebrations . An archaeological analysis of African - American mortuary behavior ...
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... cultural continuity , grounded in an African worldview theology , that African Americans possess throughout the United States . The methodology used in conducting this research consists of fieldwork in which I traveled to Columbia ...
... cultural continuity , grounded in an African worldview theology , that African Americans possess throughout the United States . The methodology used in conducting this research consists of fieldwork in which I traveled to Columbia ...
Common terms and phrases
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