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Is Ghana really the 'capital of over-the-top funerals'? Elizabeth Ohene explores the politics of status that often play out at expensive funeral ceremonies. (Photo: The fantasy coffins of Teshie-Nungua. Among the Ga people, those of nobility and wealth often choose to be buried in whimsical coffins made in the form of animals and material objects. Credit: MyLoupe/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)