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.
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 ...
Ruth Odinga's Ghanaian husband, Nana Busia, left Kenyans awed with his outfit at Raila's burial. TUKO.co.ke shares the deep symbolism behind the mourning outfit.