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How funerals keep Africa poor - David Oks

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Why the poorest people in the world spend fortunes burying their dead

How funerals keep Africa poor Why the poorest people in the world spend fortunes burying their dead David Oks Apr 09, 2026 2,301 232 338 Share Consider, for a moment, a funeral in Ghana. Suppose you’re an elderly Ghanaian—let’s say you’re Kofi, age 74, an Akan. One day, you do as all humans must and die. Perhaps you die at your modest bungalow in a northern suburb of Accra, Ghana’s capital. What happens next? A few things. First, your immediate family will discover that you’re dead; and, in order to deal with the logistics of your death, they call the head of your extended family: the abusuapa

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