"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... elderly women regarded as " mothers , " was symbolic of her faith in God that span more than forty years and represented the respect her family had towards her Christian life . The only women in the immediate family who wore white was ...
... elderly women regarded as " mothers , " was symbolic of her faith in God that span more than forty years and represented the respect her family had towards her Christian life . The only women in the immediate family who wore white was ...
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... elderly , longevity and death wouldn't necessarily speak about the entirety of Annie's life . Surprisingly , his message did speak about Annie's life , as well as imparting encouraging words to the assembled regarding Christian maturity ...
... elderly , longevity and death wouldn't necessarily speak about the entirety of Annie's life . Surprisingly , his message did speak about Annie's life , as well as imparting encouraging words to the assembled regarding Christian maturity ...
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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