"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... expressions of death in Black South Carolina that have persisted into the 20th century . Nichols points out that these expressions have their origins in the West African cosmology of life and death known as the Four Moments of The Sun ...
... expressions of death in Black South Carolina that have persisted into the 20th century . Nichols points out that these expressions have their origins in the West African cosmology of life and death known as the Four Moments of The Sun ...
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... expressions of cultures connected by the African worldview theology . My approach to African American homegoings focuses on how expressive elements of culture contribute to the religious celebration of homegoings . For Africans and ...
... expressions of cultures connected by the African worldview theology . My approach to African American homegoings focuses on how expressive elements of culture contribute to the religious celebration of homegoings . For Africans and ...
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... expressions at the service . Joe Bacon writes in " In Praise of Funerals . " " I never miss a family funeral if I can help it . To me this is community theater at its very best . We're all members of the cast . We're also the audience ...
... expressions at the service . Joe Bacon writes in " In Praise of Funerals . " " I never miss a family funeral if I can help it . To me this is community theater at its very best . We're all members of the cast . We're also the audience ...
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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