Ga people believe that a coffin should be a reflection of the life of the person inside it. So a fisherman’s coffin might be shaped like a fish or a carpenter’s shaped like a hammer, I guess, or a woman who likes shoes, in the shape of a shoe.
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
The image at the right is from the Kane Kwei Coffin factory to the east of Accra.
The image at the right is from the Kane Kwei Coffin factory to the east of Accra.
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