The Cemetery Research Group runs two events a year: in May and in November. Follow the links and send in an abstract
Contemporary practices: Ghana
Adinkrah, M. 2022
‘“If you die a bad death, we give you a bad burial:” Mortuary practices and “bad death” among the Akan in Ghana, Death Studies, 46:3, 695-707.
Ba-an, M., Segbefia, S., Chinwe, C. & Adansi, J. 2022
‘Examining the factors influencing changes in traditional funeral rituals among Frafra subgroupings in Northern Ghana’, International Journal of Research and Scholarly Communication 5:1, 9-21.
Boaheng, I. 2021
‘The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on Akan dying, death and mourning rites’ African Journal of Culture, History, Religion and Traditions, 4:1, 15-28.
Boateng, A. & Anngela-Cole, L 2012
‘Socio-economic transformation of Akan funeral rites in Ghana: The changing process’, OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying 65:4, 281-309.
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Boateng, A. & Anngela-Cole, L. 2016
‘Funeral practices in Ghana and the United States: a cultural comparison’, International Journal of Social Science Studies, 4:1, 36-48.
Bredenbröker, I. 2024
‘“Plastic stays beautiful”: attributing temporal and moral qualities in Ghanaian Ewe funerary contexts’, Journal of Material Culture, 29:2, 227-245.
Van der Geest, S. 2006
Between death and funeral: mortuaries and the exploitation of liminality in Kwahu, Ghana’, Africa, 76:4, 485–501.
Van der Geest, S. 2000
‘Funerals for the living: conversations with elderly people in Kwahu, Ghana’, African Studies Review, 43:3, 103-130.
