"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... living and the dead " 49 which can give meaning to the term " living dead . " According to Mbiti , " the living dead is a person who is physically dead but alive in the memory of those who knew 44 Smithsonian Institution , 8 . 45Mbiti ...
... living and the dead " 49 which can give meaning to the term " living dead . " According to Mbiti , " the living dead is a person who is physically dead but alive in the memory of those who knew 44 Smithsonian Institution , 8 . 45Mbiti ...
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... living , ” 107 which explains the different terminology used by African Americans . The perspective of the homegoing service being both for the living and the dead is an African American ritual that places one's Christian faith above a ...
... living , ” 107 which explains the different terminology used by African Americans . The perspective of the homegoing service being both for the living and the dead is an African American ritual that places one's Christian faith above a ...
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... living to imitate the life of the deceased in order to meet him / her in Heaven . The messenger who delivers these passages are most often the Black preacher . Felder writes that the spoken word is what enabled African Americans to hold ...
... living to imitate the life of the deceased in order to meet him / her in Heaven . The messenger who delivers these passages are most often the Black preacher . Felder writes that the spoken word is what enabled African Americans to hold ...
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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