There is a sad irony in writing an obituary for a man who spent his adult life as a funeral singer. For decades, Mbabila "Small" Batoh led his trio, fra fra, in providing funeral music throughout ...

Renowned Ghanaian music producer Appietus has stated that he will not attend the funeral of late highlife legend Daddy Lumba ...

Nana Acheampong arrived in Ghana for Daddy Lumba’s funeral and paid tribute to his late friend, urging Ghanaians to attend ...

The immediate family of the late Ghanaian music icon, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, has filed a fresh ...

Funerals are a big deal in Ghana and it is not uncommon, in some parts, for a ceremony to last up to seven days, drawing thousands of crowds adorned in flowing red and black robes and gold jewelry.

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 ...

It was a funeral two years in the making. The deceased had laid in a morgue in Greater Accra, Ghana, biding his time in icy torpor as plans were made for his final journey. There was financing to be ...

Swiss social anthropologist Regula Tschumi spent over two decades photographing Ghana’s vibrant funeral culture. Her new book, Buried in Style, is a celebration of life, death, and transformation — ...

The Ghanaian singer would vocalize and dance all night long to send off the departed. On the verge of his long awaited first trip to perform... There is a sad irony in writing an obituary for a man ...