"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 53
... Hand , Precious Lord " and " I Shall Wear a Crown " resonate at African American celebrations giving the mourners the avenue to release their grief while listening to the words of the songs . Songs according to Masamba and Kalish ...
... Hand , Precious Lord " and " I Shall Wear a Crown " resonate at African American celebrations giving the mourners the avenue to release their grief while listening to the words of the songs . Songs according to Masamba and Kalish ...
Page 54
... Hand , Lest I Fall Take My Hand , Precious Lord , Lead Me Home . When The Darkness Appears And The Night Draws Near . And The Day Is Past and Gone , At The River I Stand , Guide My Feet Hold My Hand , Take My Hand , Precious Lord , Lead ...
... Hand , Lest I Fall Take My Hand , Precious Lord , Lead Me Home . When The Darkness Appears And The Night Draws Near . And The Day Is Past and Gone , At The River I Stand , Guide My Feet Hold My Hand , Take My Hand , Precious Lord , Lead ...
Page 70
... Hand , Precious Lord " which began an emotional service that gathered momentum during the eulogy and peaked with the final viewing . As a ten- year old I remember my grandmother telling me the words of a song she knew from her childhood ...
... Hand , Precious Lord " which began an emotional service that gathered momentum during the eulogy and peaked with the final viewing . As a ten- year old I remember my grandmother telling me the words of a song she knew from her childhood ...
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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