The Last Earthly Message of our Ascension

Authors

  • Julia Fabényi Baranya Megyei Múzeumok

Keywords:

Ga people, Ghana, Coffin art, Funeral rites

Abstract

Julia Fabényi's short article provides an extremely interesting insight into Ghanaian burial customs that are unimaginable, strange and smile-inducing for Europeans. The oversized coffins, cars, animals, and everyday objects bearing elements of pop art carry both the necessary stylizations of a sculpture and the conditions of a functional object (coffin).

Author Biography

Julia Fabényi, Baranya Megyei Múzeumok

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a Baranya Megyei Múzeumok igazgatója

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Published

2009-03-01

How to Cite

Fabényi, J. (2009). The Last Earthly Message of our Ascension. Hungarian Journal of African Studies Afrika Tanulmányok, 3(1), 66–71. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.pte.hu/index.php/afrikatanulmanyok/article/view/4596

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