"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... look meaningfully at another and adjust its presuppositions accordingly . " 20 As foundation , their research enables me to build my research of the cultural 20C . Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya , xi . continuity of African and ...
... look meaningfully at another and adjust its presuppositions accordingly . " 20 As foundation , their research enables me to build my research of the cultural 20C . Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya , xi . continuity of African and ...
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... look at the historical development of African American homegoings as an understanding of existing traditions in modern day homegoing celebrations . The similarities between funeral traditions of Africans on the continent and those in ...
... look at the historical development of African American homegoings as an understanding of existing traditions in modern day homegoing celebrations . The similarities between funeral traditions of Africans on the continent and those in ...
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... look at these songs from the standpoint that her overcoming tuberculosis was her first miracle of faith that " God Is A Good God . " Mother Evans ' healing compelled her to declare that " I Made A Vow " and her determination to follow ...
... look at these songs from the standpoint that her overcoming tuberculosis was her first miracle of faith that " God Is A Good God . " Mother Evans ' healing compelled her to declare that " I Made A Vow " and her determination to follow ...
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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