Funerals In Africa
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Funerals In Africa
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Author : Michael Jindra
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Funerals In Africa written by Michael Jindra and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Social Science categories.
Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. This volume brings together scholars who have conducted research on funerary events across sub-Saharan Africa. The contributions offer an in-depth understanding of the broad changes and underlying causes in African societies over the years, such as changes in religious beliefs, social structure, urbanization, and technological changes and health.
Funeral Culture
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Author : Casey Golomski
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-04
Funeral Culture written by Casey Golomski and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-04 with Health & Fitness categories.
Introduction. Funeral culture: dignity, work, and cultural change -- Reckoning life: dying from AIDS to living with HIV -- Religious healing and resurrection: "Faith without work is dead"--The secrets of life insurance: saving, care, and the witch -- Grounded: body politics of burial and cremation -- Life in a takeaway box: mobility and purity in funeral feasts -- Commemoration and cultural change: memento radicalis -- Conclusion. The afterlives of work
Funeral Rites Reformation For Any African Ethnic Community Based On The Proposed New Funeral Practices For The Agikuyu
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Author : Johnson Nganga Mbugua
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2016-06-17
Funeral Rites Reformation For Any African Ethnic Community Based On The Proposed New Funeral Practices For The Agikuyu written by Johnson Nganga Mbugua and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-17 with Religion categories.
This book has been written on the premise that the mode of coping with death of virtually all African ethnic communities has taken proportions and turns that are neither cultural, scriptural, nor necessary. Current rites are complicated, time-consuming, expensive, and are leaving most families and their neighbors impoverished. They have been extremely commercialized and a large number of Africans do not have resources to bury their dead the "modern" way. Were the Agikuyu (read: Africans) to curb numerous funeral demands which they deem necessary and "customary," when in actual fact they are not, funerals for them would become cheaper, faster, and simpler; would be decent enough for the dead; would take care of those left behind; and would be environmentally friendly. How Africans in the Diaspora, away from their ancestral homeland, should cope with death is also addressed. Also addressed is the issue of cremation. It is shown that at the resurrection, God will accord us new spiritual bodies which will have no bearing with the material substance of our earthly (mortal) bodies.
The Artfulness Of Death In Africa
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Author : John Mack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Artfulness Of Death In Africa written by John Mack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Art categories.
If weddings are the most lavish events in many parts of the world, in Sub-Saharan Africa, by contrast, it is funerals. Funeral celebrations can be flamboyant occasions, particularly those honoring prominent people. Artworks of many kinds are created to commemorate the dead from mortuary sculptures and extravagant coffins to elaborate headstones, memorials, monuments, and cenotaphs. This book is a unique survey of the artful nature of funerals in Africa. Drawing on a wide range of historical, anthropological, archaeological, art historical, and literary sources, John Mack charts the full range of African funereal art, highlighting examples from across the continent and from ancient times to today. Featuring abundant illustrations--some of which have never been published before--The Artfulness of Death in Africa is essential reading for those interested in African art, culture, society, and history.
In My Time Of Dying
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Author : John Parker
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-03-16
In My Time Of Dying written by John Parker and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with History categories.
An in-depth look at how mortuary cultures and issues of death and the dead in Africa have developed over four centuries In My Time of Dying is the first detailed history of death and the dead in Africa south of the Sahara. Focusing on a region that is now present-day Ghana, John Parker explores mortuary cultures and the relationship between the living and the dead over a four-hundred-year period spanning the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. Parker considers many questions from the African historical perspective, including why people die and where they go after death, how the dead are buried and mourned to ensure they continue to work for the benefit of the living, and how perceptions and experiences of death and the ends of life have changed over time. From exuberant funeral celebrations encountered by seventeenth-century observers to the brilliantly conceived designer coffins of the late twentieth century, Parker shows that the peoples of Ghana have developed one of the world’s most vibrant cultures of death. He explores the unfolding background of that culture through a diverse range of issues, such as the symbolic power of mortal remains and the dominion of hallowed ancestors, as well as the problem of bad deaths, vile bodies, and vengeful ghosts. Parker reconstructs a vast timeline of death and the dead, from the era of the slave trade to the coming of Christianity and colonial rule to the rise of the modern postcolonial nation. With an array of written and oral sources, In My Time of Dying richly adds to an understanding of how the dead continue to weigh on the shoulders of the living.
Death And After Life Rituals In The Eyes Of The Shona
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Author : Canisius Mwandayi
language : en
Publisher: University of Bamberg Press
Release Date : 2011
Death And After Life Rituals In The Eyes Of The Shona written by Canisius Mwandayi and has been published by University of Bamberg Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Shona (African people) categories.
Death And The Ancestors
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Author : Jack Goody
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Death And The Ancestors written by Jack Goody and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Social Science categories.
Deliberately considering relevant theories put forward by earlier writers and examining them in the light of the research for this particular book, the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and he attended 25 burial services. First published in 1962.
Crossing The Great River
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Author : Skobi Matunde
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Crossing The Great River written by Skobi Matunde and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Social Science categories.
CROSSING THE GREAT RIVER is a glimpse into the funeral rites of the African-American people. It has a checkoff list of what should be done at the funeral of a loved one. It also tells you how to write a will & the different types of rites from the Egyptian to the present day in practical terms.
The Funeral Performances Among The Bukusu Of Kenya
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Author : Simon Nganga
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2017-12-21
The Funeral Performances Among The Bukusu Of Kenya written by Simon Nganga and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-21 with Social Science categories.
This book is about interactions in the funeral context among the Bukusu people of Kenya that brings together many religions. The author describes and accounts for hybridity as it is revealed by communicative techniques used by the priest and the comforter in the two communicative genres-the sermon and the traditional public comforting-that belong to the Christian and the Traditional Bukusu religions respectively. By approaching the co-existence of the two religions from a linguistic perspective, the study aims at ascertaining the relationship between the two religions. Dissertation. (Series: Contributions to Africa Research / Beitr�¤ge zur Afrikaforschung, Vol. 84) [Subject: Anthropology, African Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology]
Profiles In African Traditional Popular Culture
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Author : Kwabena N. Bame
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991-01-01
Profiles In African Traditional Popular Culture written by Kwabena N. Bame and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Africa categories.