"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... Hope Felder writes : " Africans in the Americas did not enter the New World with a religious and cultural tabula rasa . They brought with them a rich oral tradition of their cultural and religious history through the power of the spoken ...
... Hope Felder writes : " Africans in the Americas did not enter the New World with a religious and cultural tabula rasa . They brought with them a rich oral tradition of their cultural and religious history through the power of the spoken ...
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... hope for some African Americans that characterizes the faith which undergirds them during their hour of bereavement . People sing , shout or dance at homegoing services because these expressions allow them to celebrate the loved one's ...
... hope for some African Americans that characterizes the faith which undergirds them during their hour of bereavement . People sing , shout or dance at homegoing services because these expressions allow them to celebrate the loved one's ...
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... hope of the survivors in seeing their loved ones again in heaven . The function of music at homegoings prevents survivors from feeling alienated in their grief by creating a positive release of emotions . This understanding is ...
... hope of the survivors in seeing their loved ones again in heaven . The function of music at homegoings prevents survivors from feeling alienated in their grief by creating a positive release of emotions . This understanding is ...
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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