Ghost neighbours: Meet the people living among the dead in Keta

Some people can't stand the sight of coffins, others, the sight of corpses but for these persons, they have practically been confined to living in the "abode of the dead".

By no choice of theirs, they have to live with the dead as direct neighbours.

In some parts of Keta, Anloga and in fact the entire Volta Region, cemeteries have become an abode for some residents.

In most cases, the homes were built by families on their plots of land before the cemeteries sprung up. But as is common in the Volta Region, family lands are given out for various purposes, this includes the establishment of large cemeteries.

Mawunyo, a resident living in Keta explained to GhanaWeb that the practice has become necessary because the original burial site in the area had become exhausted. The grounds had become hard and digging graves had become difficult.