"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... memory jug . I was able to view a display of hair wreaths and memory jugs at the South Carolina State Museum while conducting research with Elaine Nichols . According to " Hair Wreaths : Funeral and Mourning Custom , " the purpose of ...
... memory jug . I was able to view a display of hair wreaths and memory jugs at the South Carolina State Museum while conducting research with Elaine Nichols . According to " Hair Wreaths : Funeral and Mourning Custom , " the purpose of ...
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... memories of a religion that was the source of life and gave meaning to it through the power of the spoken word ... memory alive . " 165 Finally , the African worldview theology believes in a just God who sides with the oppressed ...
... memories of a religion that was the source of life and gave meaning to it through the power of the spoken word ... memory alive . " 165 Finally , the African worldview theology believes in a just God who sides with the oppressed ...
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... memory jug . The use of hair wreaths by Europeans represented a tangible record of the deceased , while African Americans used a lock of hair from the deceased and placed in their bibles for permanent keepsakes . The purpose of hair ...
... memory jug . The use of hair wreaths by Europeans represented a tangible record of the deceased , while African Americans used a lock of hair from the deceased and placed in their bibles for permanent keepsakes . The purpose of hair ...
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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