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A homegoing (or home-going) service is an African-American and Black-Canadian Christian funeral tradition marking the going home of the deceased to the Lord or to Heaven.
Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016.Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two daughters, who are half-sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held ...
Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian American novelist. Her work, most notably her 2016 debut novel Homegoing and her 2020 novel Transcendent Kingdom, features themes of lineage, generational trauma, and Black and African identities.
Homegoing is an African-American funeral tradition. Homegoing may also refer to: Homegoing (Gyasi novel), a 2016 novel by Yaa Gyasi; Homegoing, a 1989 novel by Frederik Pohl; Homegoings, a 2013 documentary film
Homegoings is a 2013 documentary film directed by Christine Turner about the Owens Funeral Home on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, exploring African-American death rituals through the work of funeral home director Isaiah Owens.
A three-day homegoing celebration was held from 13 to 15 June 2013. The first celebration service was a pastor's celebration service held at the church he founded, Grey Lynn Auckland Samoan Assembly of God, eulogies were made by local pastors, as well as the executive council of the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand.
Her brother died on August 9, 2014, and was laid to rest at the Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens following a Homegoing Service at the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church on August 19. [35] She was then widowed by her husband in 2017 when he passed away at the age of 87 at their home in Carlisle on July 13.
Homegoing is a science fiction novel by American author Frederik Pohl, first published in 1989 by Del Rey Books. [1] The novel was one of the nominees for the Locus SF Award , one of the awards of the Hugo Awards .