"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 43
... friends and family came together to support each other . " 110 An extended network provided emotional , financial and spiritual support in the hour of bereavement . In the African and African American the community the bond of family ...
... friends and family came together to support each other . " 110 An extended network provided emotional , financial and spiritual support in the hour of bereavement . In the African and African American the community the bond of family ...
Page 61
... family and friends who have been separated from one another for one reason or another . This gathering marks the celebration of the life , as well as a celebration of the family itself . After making final arrangements , family members and ...
... family and friends who have been separated from one another for one reason or another . This gathering marks the celebration of the life , as well as a celebration of the family itself . After making final arrangements , family members and ...
Page 67
... Family and friends from near and far made up the mourners at the service . Friends of the family prepared the meal for the family upon the return from the cemetery . This postfuneral feast known as the repast represented both an African ...
... Family and friends from near and far made up the mourners at the service . Friends of the family prepared the meal for the family upon the return from the cemetery . This postfuneral feast known as the repast represented both an African ...
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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