"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... given to the appearance of all involved in an African American homegoing . We now turn our attention to the spoken word or eulogy as an element that creates a feeling of celebration at African American homegoing services . The eulogy is ...
... given to the appearance of all involved in an African American homegoing . We now turn our attention to the spoken word or eulogy as an element that creates a feeling of celebration at African American homegoing services . The eulogy is ...
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... given at homegoings by the minister or others the occasion would not be a celebration . It is the strength of the spoken word in which survivors find comfort in the wake of a loved one's death . At the homegoing service the eulogy is ...
... given at homegoings by the minister or others the occasion would not be a celebration . It is the strength of the spoken word in which survivors find comfort in the wake of a loved one's death . At the homegoing service the eulogy is ...
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... given by Rev. Willistine Mitchell was very befitting for a beloved Christian mother who had given up a physical life for an eternal one in Heaven . The message text came from the book of I Corinthians 15 : 51-52 , where it reads ...
... given by Rev. Willistine Mitchell was very befitting for a beloved Christian mother who had given up a physical life for an eternal one in Heaven . The message text came from the book of I Corinthians 15 : 51-52 , where it reads ...
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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