"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... person has moved from the physical world to the spiritual world . His demise signals his arrival in his Heavenly home . This understanding points to an African religious belief about death in which God has the final say . Nichols writes ...
... person has moved from the physical world to the spiritual world . His demise signals his arrival in his Heavenly home . This understanding points to an African religious belief about death in which God has the final say . Nichols writes ...
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... person's physical presence and save reserved emotional expressions for the person's absence from the human society . Richard Masamba and Jean Kalish notes , " the presence of many friends at the funeral and / or at the wake 104 An helps ...
... person's physical presence and save reserved emotional expressions for the person's absence from the human society . Richard Masamba and Jean Kalish notes , " the presence of many friends at the funeral and / or at the wake 104 An helps ...
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... person's entire life : this person [ Mother Evans ] was part of a family and is still a part of the family , though now as an ancestor . " 156 64.
... person's entire life : this person [ Mother Evans ] was part of a family and is still a part of the family , though now as an ancestor . " 156 64.
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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