Fish, peacocks and planes - carpenter Eric Kpakpo Adotey specialises in crafting fantasy coffins. Photo: AP PHOTO

A giant pink fish, a colourful peacock, a plane painted with the national flag - these are just some of the fantasy coffins crafted to farewell people in Ghana.

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Known as Abebuo, which translates to "proverb", each piece is crafted not just to bury the deceased, but to embody the essence of their life.

A farmer isn't laid to rest in a car - instead, his coffin might take the shape of the tools he used or the crops he cultivated. The design itself becomes a metaphor, a wo

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