"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 68
... grandmother's aunt was the oldest member in my family at the time of her death . My great - great - aunt's death marked one of many occasions in which my grandmother came face to face with the death of an immediate family member . As ...
... grandmother's aunt was the oldest member in my family at the time of her death . My great - great - aunt's death marked one of many occasions in which my grandmother came face to face with the death of an immediate family member . As ...
Page 74
... grandmother and four of her five children , along with my grandfather's cousin Junell sat in the front row . Grandmother's hat flew to one side of the church and my uncle was restraining her , while my mom went towards the casket and my ...
... grandmother and four of her five children , along with my grandfather's cousin Junell sat in the front row . Grandmother's hat flew to one side of the church and my uncle was restraining her , while my mom went towards the casket and my ...
Page 75
... grandmother's homegoing service we sang " Yes , God Is Real , " attesting to our faith in Him as we celebrated our great - grandmother's passage to heaven . The words of the song referred to our limited knowledge and few travels in life ...
... grandmother's homegoing service we sang " Yes , God Is Real , " attesting to our faith in Him as we celebrated our great - grandmother's passage to heaven . The words of the song referred to our limited knowledge and few travels in life ...
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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