Explore the fascinating tradition of fantasy coffins in Ghana, where unique caskets symbolize the deceased's identity, ...

It’s hard to miss the coffin shaped like an old Nokia brick phone at the entrance of the sunlit workshop on the outskirts of Accra. Here, on a busy road next to Ghana’s Atlantic coastline, Eric Kpakpo ...

In Ghana today, funerals are no longer just solemn farewells to the departed. They have become grand spectacles stages where wealth is paraded, status is displayed, and grief is dressed in splendour.

While the death of a loved one can be a mournful affair and the loss is certainly felt by those left behind, it can also be an opportunity to celebrate a life — to honor a magnanimous or generous ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Though coffins can have a macabre connotation in the U.S., they can help celebrate the life's work of the deceased in Ghana, according to internationally renowned artist Jacob Paa Joe ...