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The song's title has long been a source of speculation, with some fans over the years interpreting the title as meaning "Nativity in Black" or "Name in Blood". In the early 1990s, Geezer Butler claimed that the title was a reference to drummer Bill Ward's beard at that time, which his bandmates felt looked like a pen nib. [3]
All of the tracks featured on the Nativity in Black albums cover material strictly from the band's 1970s heyday with vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.The title is derived from a widespread yet incorrect assumption surrounding the title of the Black Sabbath song "N.I.B.".
Black Nativity is an adaptation of the Nativity story by Langston Hughes, performed by an entirely black cast. Hughes was the author of the book, with the lyrics and music being derived from traditional Christmas carols , sung in gospel style, with a few songs created specifically for the show.
An intergenerational cast celebrates the Christmas miracle in Black Arts MKE's gospel/R&B musical.
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Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...
Its first printed use came as early as 1991 in William G. Hawkeswood's "One of the Children: An Ethnography of Identity and Gay Black Men," wherein one of the subjects used the word "tea" to mean ...
In particular, the song's relationship and probable origin with Civil War–era black Americans has given the song special meaning in the context of black history. For example, it appears in the poet and playwright Langston Hughes' Black Nativity, [9] an adaptation of the Nativity story staged with an all-black cast.