"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... death is not finality , but triumph ; not the end , but a homegoing . " " " Michael Jindra's unfinished doctoral dissertation on " African Death Celebrations " uses the term " death celebration " which refers to a customary gathering ...
... death is not finality , but triumph ; not the end , but a homegoing . " " " Michael Jindra's unfinished doctoral dissertation on " African Death Celebrations " uses the term " death celebration " which refers to a customary gathering ...
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... death at the " settin ' up " which was the period of time in which family and friends congregated at the home of the ... celebrations . The development of African American death celebrations is rooted in a belief system that declares ...
... death at the " settin ' up " which was the period of time in which family and friends congregated at the home of the ... celebrations . The development of African American death celebrations is rooted in a belief system that declares ...
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... death . " 170 " These celebrations are complex , elaborate , and often lengthy programs of rigorously planned ... death celebration represents a sharing of grief and exchange of gifts . Because death affects all , Africans practice ...
... death . " 170 " These celebrations are complex , elaborate , and often lengthy programs of rigorously planned ... death celebration represents a sharing of grief and exchange of gifts . Because death affects all , Africans practice ...
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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