"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 45
... Funeral Service In Yoruba Society , " Olatunde Bayo Lawuyi writes , " the biography..is a written document , part of an elaborate ritual that celebrates the rites de passage of the dead . " 116 The eulogy and the music play a crucial ...
... Funeral Service In Yoruba Society , " Olatunde Bayo Lawuyi writes , " the biography..is a written document , part of an elaborate ritual that celebrates the rites de passage of the dead . " 116 The eulogy and the music play a crucial ...
Page 67
... service , unlike the others in my case - studies , was held at a local funeral home . My observations of this homegoing service focus on celebratory elements that made the service celebratory . This case study represents another example ...
... service , unlike the others in my case - studies , was held at a local funeral home . My observations of this homegoing service focus on celebratory elements that made the service celebratory . This case study represents another example ...
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... funeral arrangements for Sis Fannie . Horton's Funeral Home , which buried her son John Henry less than a year earlier , was the family's preferred choice from among the many in Washington , D.C. My grandmother's phone rang constantly ...
... funeral arrangements for Sis Fannie . Horton's Funeral Home , which buried her son John Henry less than a year earlier , was the family's preferred choice from among the many in Washington , D.C. My grandmother's phone rang constantly ...
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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