![]() ![]() The location became known as Igbo landing. African Americans in Georgia and in the Gullah Geechee Nation say that when the Igbo people died from suicide their souls flew back to Africa. The Igbo people took control of the slave vessel, and when it landed in Georgia many of the Igbos chose suicide than a life time in slavery by drowning in the swamp. Simons Island, Georgia with captive Africans from Nigeria carrying a cargo of Igbo people. This belief that enslaved and free Africans in America fly back to Africa after their death was found in the Gullah Geechee Nation. Early during the slave trade, slaves believed death meant their soul would return home to their native Africa. The history of the homegoing service can be traced back to the arrival of African slaves in America. ![]() As with other traditions, practices, customs and norms of African American and Black Canadian culture, this ritual for dealing with death was shaped by the African American and Black Canadian experience. ![]() It is a celebration that has become a vibrant part of African American and Black Canadian history and culture. ![]() ( July 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī 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. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. ![]()
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