THE INNOVATIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY HAVE EVEN INVADED THE TRADITIONAL EXTRAVAGANT COFFINS OF THE GA TRIBE IN GHANA WEST AFRICA. FOR DECADES THE GA TRIBE HAVE BURIED THEIR LOVED ONES IN COFFINS WHICH BEFIT THEIR TRADE OR STATUS SUCH AS A GIANT FISH FOR A FISHERMAN. HOWEVER WITH PROGRESS MARCHING ON, COFFINS NOW ARE PRODUCED IN SUCH MODERN STYLES AS COKE BOTTLES , CAMERAS, NIKE TRAINERS , JET PLANES AND PLASTIC BIROS. PICTURE SHOWS COFFIN MAKER MARKU TIUVIER IN HIS WORKSHOP, CRAFTING A LION COFFIN. PICTURE: STORY LUCY LAING PICTURE:

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THE INNOVATIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY HAVE EVEN INVADED THE TRADITIONAL EXTRAVAGANT COFFINS OF THE GA TRIBE IN GHANA WEST AFRICA. FOR DECADES THE GA TRIBE HAVE BURIED THEIR LOVED ONES IN COFFINS WHICH BEFIT THEIR TRADE OR STATUS SUCH AS A GIANT FISH FOR A FISHERMAN. HOWEVER WITH PROGRESS MARCHING ON, COFFINS NOW ARE PRODUCED IN SUCH MODERN STYLES AS COKE BOTTLES , CAMERAS, NIKE TRAINERS , JET PLANES AND PLASTIC BIROS. PICTURE SHOWS COFFIN MAKER MARKU TIUVIER IN HIS WORKSHOP, CRAFTING A LION COFFIN. PICTURE: STORY LUCY LAING PICTURE: STORY: LUCY LAING

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