"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... funeral director not to use the word ' funeral ' on the program . Instead ... I ask them [ the funeral directors ] to use Homegoing Services , Eulogistic Services , Service of Triumph , or a Tribute in Loving Memory of " because he ...
... funeral director not to use the word ' funeral ' on the program . Instead ... I ask them [ the funeral directors ] to use Homegoing Services , Eulogistic Services , Service of Triumph , or a Tribute in Loving Memory of " because he ...
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... funeral director , discusses mourning and burying the dead . Nichols presents death and funerals in a way that emphasizes the positive attitude toward death that make death less frightening when viewed from an African worldview theology ...
... funeral director , discusses mourning and burying the dead . Nichols presents death and funerals in a way that emphasizes the positive attitude toward death that make death less frightening when viewed from an African worldview theology ...
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... funeral was scheduled for 1:30 P.M. and people began arriving at my grandmother's apartment at 9:15 A.M. for the processional to the funeral home . When the funeral home director arrived , a prayer was offered and he called off the ...
... funeral was scheduled for 1:30 P.M. and people began arriving at my grandmother's apartment at 9:15 A.M. for the processional to the funeral home . When the funeral home director arrived , a prayer was offered and he called off the ...
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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