"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... ! 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.
... ! 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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... Past Melville Herskovits writes , " the ritual for the ancestors begins with the death of a person , who must have a funeral in keeping with his position in the community if he is to take his rightful place in the afterworld . " " " The ...
... Past Melville Herskovits writes , " the ritual for the ancestors begins with the death of a person , who must have a funeral in keeping with his position in the community if he is to take his rightful place in the afterworld . " " " The ...
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... Past and Gone , At The River I Stand , Guide My Feet Hold My Hand , Take My Hand , Precious Lord , Lead Me Home , reflect the deep faith of the Christian African American in a loving God who guides them home . The chorus " Precious Lord ...
... Past and Gone , At The River I Stand , Guide My Feet Hold My Hand , Take My Hand , Precious Lord , Lead Me Home , reflect the deep faith of the Christian African American in a loving God who guides them home . The chorus " Precious Lord ...
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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