"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... African American religious faith rooted in the African worldview theology that is combined with elements adapted from Euro - American Christianity . For the enslaved Africans , death made slavery endurable as they believed its ...
... African American religious faith rooted in the African worldview theology that is combined with elements adapted from Euro - American Christianity . For the enslaved Africans , death made slavery endurable as they believed its ...
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... slavery and 20th century Black New Orleans . Finally , the comparison will consider the European practices that the enslaved Africans incorporated in their homegoings . The interpretation of a homegoing ceremony as a positive ...
... slavery and 20th century Black New Orleans . Finally , the comparison will consider the European practices that the enslaved Africans incorporated in their homegoings . The interpretation of a homegoing ceremony as a positive ...
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... Africa , Africans occupy a primary position in creation . This rich history of explanation validates the acknowledgment and relationship with God which Africans on the continent and those enslaved in the United States maintained . This ...
... Africa , Africans occupy a primary position in creation . This rich history of explanation validates the acknowledgment and relationship with God which Africans on the continent and those enslaved in the United States maintained . This ...
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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