"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... earth is fulfilled . " 42 In Africa the entire community takes part in death celebrations . According to Mbiti , " to be human is to belong to the whole community , and to do so involves participating in the beliefs , ceremonies ...
... earth is fulfilled . " 42 In Africa the entire community takes part in death celebrations . According to Mbiti , " to be human is to belong to the whole community , and to do so involves participating in the beliefs , ceremonies ...
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... earth.67 This understanding is basic to the African worldview theology that the enslaved Africans brought with them when they arrived on the shores of North America . Paris writes , " as have all peoples who are uprooted from their ...
... earth.67 This understanding is basic to the African worldview theology that the enslaved Africans brought with them when they arrived on the shores of North America . Paris writes , " as have all peoples who are uprooted from their ...
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... earth and the things in it were of a spiritual nature and thus , anything that would offend the spirits was avoided . For enslaved Africans in the South the burial practices and customs of their European slave masters were appropriated ...
... earth and the things in it were of a spiritual nature and thus , anything that would offend the spirits was avoided . For enslaved Africans in the South the burial practices and customs of their European slave masters were appropriated ...
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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