Category Archives: Memorials
Memorials: Recoleta Cemetery
The term “City of the Dead” is often used to describe cemeteries, but until I visited Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires, I never understood why a cemetery would be described that way. As an American, I’m used to cemeteries full … Continue reading
Evaluating Black Cemeteries
Link: Evaluation of Black Cemeteries As part of my coursework at Marian University, I took a fascinating course in African American Deathways and part of this work was to study and evaluate black cemeteries by answering questions posed by our … Continue reading
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Academic: Africa and Death
This post was written as part of a course in African American Deathways at Marian University. The Africa of my childhood was a fierce and exotic land where elephants and lions roamed free and where barely clad warriors fought with … Continue reading
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Academic: Africanisms in Homegoing Ceremonies
Note: This was written for a class in African American Deathways for a course at Marian University. The sounds of gospel music, church hymns, and spirituals rise to the rafters during African American Homegoing service as neighbors, friends, and relatives … Continue reading
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Mothers as Activists and Advocates
Note: This was written for Death and the Maiden A mother’s connection to her child is visceral. If she birthed him, she felt the pains of her child’s tiny body struggling to escape hers and if her child came to … Continue reading
2008 Dead List
As a pagan, Halloween is one of the most holy days of the year as we believe it is the day when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is the thinnest and … Continue reading