This weekend I went to Takoradi for a funeral. I have been to quite a few funerals since I moved to Ghana. However this time, I was invited to the funeral and my husband accompanied me.
As usual for a Ghanaian funeral, it was a multi-day event for hundreds and hundreds of people, but being closer to the bereaved family, I saw more nuances, had more people to ask and hence understood slightly more than I have before.
This picture is from having a snack on the roadside after the burial. By chance, the newspaper that is wrapped around the smoking hot charcoal-grilled plantains on this day happened to be the Obituary section…
Sharing is caring!
6 Comments
Lol, contrasts. We have so much respect for the dead and yet so little respect too. I do not like funerals – more because of the crowds and multiple events than the fact that there’s been a death.
Thanks for your comment, NY. Funerals in Ghana are indeed complex and puzzling…filled with contrasts. This might lend itself to more posts…
Funerals in ghana have spawned a whole new lexicon, including funeral tourism! Truth be told, it’s worthy of a thesis!:-))
Lol. I don’t like funerals too
i want Ghanaian articles on funerals.can u help me.especially from Prof.asare opoku and others
Hi, thanks for your comment. I am no funeral expert, but try Google scholar and I am sure you will find some interesting stuff!