"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... dead " 49 which can give meaning to the term " living dead . " According to Mbiti , " the living dead is a person who is physically dead but alive in the memory of those who knew 44 Smithsonian Institution , 8 . 45Mbiti , 150 . 46Ibid ...
... dead " 49 which can give meaning to the term " living dead . " According to Mbiti , " the living dead is a person who is physically dead but alive in the memory of those who knew 44 Smithsonian Institution , 8 . 45Mbiti , 150 . 46Ibid ...
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... dead are in the intermediary position between man and God , and between man and the spirits . " " " This acknowledgment of the soul's position helps explain why West African funerals are grand celebrations . Herskovits writes , " the ...
... dead are in the intermediary position between man and God , and between man and the spirits . " " " This acknowledgment of the soul's position helps explain why West African funerals are grand celebrations . Herskovits writes , " the ...
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... dead . Secondly , for those Blacks who have shared church experiences with the dead person , the songs may bring back memories of being together in church singing the same songs . " " 141 This grief is tempered with a belief in God from ...
... dead . Secondly , for those Blacks who have shared church experiences with the dead person , the songs may bring back memories of being together in church singing the same songs . " " 141 This grief is tempered with a belief in God from ...
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