Ghana’s celebratory approach to death has birthed a deeply creative approach to coffin-making. Tamara Davison admires the handiwork in Accra ...

Meet Ghana’s fantasy coffin makers: A glimpse into a joy-filled funeral culture. Ghana’s celebratory attitude to death has birthed a deeply creative approach to coffin-making.

The makers of Ghana’s fantasy coffins think outside the box, building caskets in every imaginable shape. ... People will weep and mourn, but they’ll also joke, dance and feast.

In Ghana, death is seen as a celebration of life rather than a somber occasion, something like bet odds. As a result, the country has a long tradition of creating elaborate and colorful coffins. They ...

In addition to coffins for burial, Paa Joe Coffin Works also creates coffins for collectors and exhibitions. In the 1970s, a California art dealer came to Ghana, saw the coffins, and became the ...

Coffin making can also be big business. Some of Eric’s coffins have become collectibles, selling for over $4,000 (£2,956) to international buyers and displayed in galleries worldwide.

In more recent years, coffin requests have also become bolder — one viral video from a funeral in Ghana in 2020 saw a person buried in a penis-shaped coffin, prompting speculation about whether the ...

In more recent years, coffin requests have also become bolder — one viral video from a funeral in Ghana in 2020 saw a person buried in a penis-shaped coffin, prompting speculation about whether the ...

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 ...

Coffin making can also be big business. Some of Eric’s coffins have become collectibles, selling for over $4,000 (£2,956) to international buyers and displayed in galleries worldwide.