"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... passed down from their African ancestors is at the base of the African American religious faith that aids them during their ceremonies that mark a person's death . The survival of the belief in the African cosmology of life and death ...
... passed down from their African ancestors is at the base of the African American religious faith that aids them during their ceremonies that mark a person's death . The survival of the belief in the African cosmology of life and death ...
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... passing . Another aspect of music that really symbolized the sorrow that the mourners felt was the trumpet solo of " Flee as the Bird to the Mountain " by Jazz musician , Wynton Marsalis . The sound of the sax ... passed " the two - mile 84.
... passing . Another aspect of music that really symbolized the sorrow that the mourners felt was the trumpet solo of " Flee as the Bird to the Mountain " by Jazz musician , Wynton Marsalis . The sound of the sax ... passed " the two - mile 84.
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African American Homegoing Celebrations" Phillip Nathaniel Frazier. Annie Mae Johnson people screamed , passed out and stomped on the floor as they came in contact with the deceased in their caskets . This release of emotion represented ...
African American Homegoing Celebrations" Phillip Nathaniel Frazier. Annie Mae Johnson people screamed , passed out and stomped on the floor as they came in contact with the deceased in their caskets . This release of emotion represented ...
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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