"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... alive . Thank you ! Finally , thanks is extended to my entire family past , present and future . And to those cloud of witnesses in the sky known as my ancestors Thank you for surviving the " Middle Passage . " i i 1 • • 21 • 41 60 86.
... alive . Thank you ! Finally , thanks is extended to my entire family past , present and future . And to those cloud of witnesses in the sky known as my ancestors Thank you for surviving the " Middle Passage . " i i 1 • • 21 • 41 60 86.
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... passage " and enslaved , the stories which they brought with them about God's deliverance of His people sustained them . Africans were able to appropriate their experiences with those matched in the Bible . This faith was strengthened ...
... passage " and enslaved , the stories which they brought with them about God's deliverance of His people sustained them . Africans were able to appropriate their experiences with those matched in the Bible . This faith was strengthened ...
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... passages are most often the Black preacher . Felder writes that the spoken word is what enabled African Americans to ... passage of the dead . " 116 The eulogy and the music play a crucial role in the homegoing service that oftentimes ...
... passages are most often the Black preacher . Felder writes that the spoken word is what enabled African Americans to ... passage of the dead . " 116 The eulogy and the music play a crucial role in the homegoing service that oftentimes ...
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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