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1 online resource (312 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 312. |
| Summary |
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 ar |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Africa.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies. |
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Africa. |
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Cremation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Cremation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Getui, Mary N.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mbugua, Johnson Nganga. Funeral rites reformation for any African ethnic community based on the proposed new funeral practices for the Agikuyu. Eugene, Origan : Resource Publications, [2016] 9781498290906 (OCoLC)952390228 |
| ISBN |
1498290914 (ebook) |
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9781498290913 (electronic book) |
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9781498290920 (hardcover) |
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9781498290906 (paperback) |
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1498290906 (paperback) |
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