How To Die

Episode 33: The Ghana Coffin Maker


Listen Later

Eric Adjetey Anang grew up playing in his grandfather's carpentry workshop in Accra, where he learnt how to make the distinctive Ghanaian abebuu adekai - or 'boxes of proverbs.' These are the fantastic customized coffins pioneered by his grandfather, Kane Kwei, who made the first one in the shape of an airplane for a neighbour who had always wanted to fly...

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

How To DieBy Sean O'Connor

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

3 ratings


More shows like How To Die

View all
The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,837 Listeners

On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

On Being with Krista Tippett

10,060 Listeners

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge by Tami Simon

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

1,829 Listeners

Lives Less Ordinary by BBC World Service

Lives Less Ordinary

610 Listeners

Comedy of the Week by BBC Radio 4

Comedy of the Week

479 Listeners

The Gareth Cliff Show by The Real Network

The Gareth Cliff Show

64 Listeners

Untangle by Untangle

Untangle

826 Listeners

Thanks For Asking by Feelings & Co.

Thanks For Asking

13,263 Listeners

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett by DOAC

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

6,395 Listeners

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee by Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

4,255 Listeners

This Jungian Life Podcast by Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

This Jungian Life Podcast

1,508 Listeners

True Crime South Africa by Killer Audio Creations

True Crime South Africa

180 Listeners

True Crime South Africa by TimesLIVE Podcasts

True Crime South Africa

29 Listeners

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan by CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

1,935 Listeners

Lucky Boy | Tortoise Investigates by Tortoise Media

Lucky Boy | Tortoise Investigates

3,358 Listeners