The Great Debate about funerals in Ghana

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• Gabby 10 years ago

  I believe funerals should be organized but the negleate of the children should be look at. People spend much money on the corpse more than the living n i believe our mentality shd change

  I believe funerals should be organized but the negleate of the children should be look at. People spend much money on the corpse more than the living n i believe our mentality shd change

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• RAMBO TE 10 years ago

  I subscribe to the arguments KAB has raised against expensive funerals and I wish we had many more people thinking like him.
  Folks, what's all the fanfare and expense on the dead about ? It's just an opportunity for people t ...
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  I subscribe to the arguments KAB has raised against expensive funerals and I wish we had many more people thinking like him.
  Folks, what's all the fanfare and expense on the dead about ? It's just an opportunity for people to flaunt their wealth and exercise pretense of the highest order !!
  Indeed it is placing premium on the dead over the living, and that is balderdash !!
  So much money spent on a corpse that has absolutely no bearing on its destination....just a wanton dissipation of resources in the name of "a grand sending off !!" Apuu torr !!! Such is out state of dystopia !! All this is vanitas vanitatum......heaven is the terminus.

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• Kofi 10 years ago

  For those who are not Ashantis, the reason I have put fasting in quotes is because what Ashantis meant by fasting then was simply not eating Fufu! As you may know, Fufu is the number 1 staple and delicacy for most Ashantis. T ...
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  For those who are not Ashantis, the reason I have put fasting in quotes is because what Ashantis meant by fasting then was simply not eating Fufu! As you may know, Fufu is the number 1 staple and delicacy for most Ashantis. To not eat Fufu is often considered as fasting.
  
  The right word is "AKANS NOT AHSANTIS" because the same ritual is practised by Akyems,Akwapems,Sefwis etc in Ghana as well as the Agnis,Baules and the rest of the Akan tribes in Ivory Coast.These subtle references of "Ashantis" by Ashanti writers as if they are on top of the whole Akan tribe pisses us off.That said, you are spot on on the increasing commercialisation of funerals in Ghana.It is wrong,wrong,wrong.

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• Kwaku Antwi-Boasiako 10 years ago

  Hi Kofi, thanks for your remark. I'm an Ashanti, and I have not done any research on how the other Akan tribes handle funerals. So I was talking about what I know. I didn't mean to rate Ashantis above the other Akan tribes. I ...
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  Hi Kofi, thanks for your remark. I'm an Ashanti, and I have not done any research on how the other Akan tribes handle funerals. So I was talking about what I know. I didn't mean to rate Ashantis above the other Akan tribes. It is important not to generalise, unless I'm absolutely certain about what I'm writing. Thanks for the education all the same.

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• Kofi 10 years ago

  Thanks for your polite response.You will be amazed to know that Kingship,funerals,marriage,inheritance ,Fufu eating,Naming etc are all the same through out the Akan world.Whenever you get the chance, please travel to Ivory co ...
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  Thanks for your polite response.You will be amazed to know that Kingship,funerals,marriage,inheritance ,Fufu eating,Naming etc are all the same through out the Akan world.Whenever you get the chance, please travel to Ivory coast.From Abengourou to Yammoussoukro and you will see it for your self.You can drive from Kumasi to Bibiani all the way to Abengourou and observe things.The language will differ from Ashanti but the culture is the same.Our rich cultural heritage is being debauched by a few "Money Grabbers". Ironically, the imperialist respected our traditions more than the modern day "Afropeans"

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• Neutral Zone 10 years ago

  I admire the the way funerals are carried out in the north. Having been well travelled in Ghana, I can certainly say that is one of the most cost effective way to conduct a funeral.

  I admire the the way funerals are carried out in the north. Having been well travelled in Ghana, I can certainly say that is one of the most cost effective way to conduct a funeral.

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