"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 25
... writes , " the elaborateness of funeral rites ... is cast in terms of the role of the ancestors in the lives of their descendants , and because it is important to have the assurance of the ancestral good will , the dead are honored with ...
... writes , " the elaborateness of funeral rites ... is cast in terms of the role of the ancestors in the lives of their descendants , and because it is important to have the assurance of the ancestral good will , the dead are honored with ...
Page 49
... writes , " the position of the African ghost in the other world depends largely upon the style in which the dead man departs this world . " 125 In Africa among the Abaluyia , Mbiti writes , " the widow is led by an older widow to the ...
... writes , " the position of the African ghost in the other world depends largely upon the style in which the dead man departs this world . " 125 In Africa among the Abaluyia , Mbiti writes , " the widow is led by an older widow to the ...
Page 92
... writes " when you deny people the ability to read and write stories become crucial for keeping the memory alive . " 165 Finally , the African worldview theology believes in a just God who sides with the oppressed . Peter Paris , citing ...
... writes " when you deny people the ability to read and write stories become crucial for keeping the memory alive . " 165 Finally , the African worldview theology believes in a just God who sides with the oppressed . Peter Paris , citing ...
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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