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Figurative palanquin; drawing by Ataa Oko from Ghana. Among Christians, the use of custom coffins is relatively recent and began in the Greater Accra Region around 1950. They were formerly used only by Ga chiefs and priests, but since around 1960, figurative coffins have become an integral part of the local funeral culture. [4]
Paa Joe with a sandal coffin in collaboration with Regula Tschumi for the Kunstmuseum Berne 2006. Paa Joe was born in 1947 at Akwapim in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Joe began his career with a twelve-year apprenticeship as a coffin artist in the workshop of Kane Kwei (1924–1992) in Teshie. [8] In 1976, Joe started his own business in Nungua.
He was a long time considered to be the inventor in the early 1950s of design coffins or fantasy coffins, [1] called Abebuu adekai ("boxes with proverbs") by the Ga people, the dominant ethnic group of the region of Accra. Though, an anthropologist recently published a different story of the origin of the coffins.
Ataa Oko (c. 1919 –2012), sculptor, builder of figurative palanquins, and figurative fantasy coffins; Theodosia Okoh (1922–2015), teacher and designer of Ghana's national flag; Albert Opoku (1915–2002), printmaker, painter, choreographer, and dancer; Zohra Opoku (born 1976), German-born Ghanaian textile artist and photographer
Ataa Oko and his third wife, with a coffin in the form of a battleship, about 1960 Ataa Oko Addo (c. 1919 – 9 December 2012) [ 1 ] was a Ghanaian builder of figurative palanquins and figurative coffins , and at over 80 years of age he became a painter of Art Brut .
Eric Adjetey Anang (pronunciation ⓘ) is a Ghanaian sculptor and fantasy coffin carpenter. He was born in Teshie, Ghana and runs the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop. He currently maintains dual residency and splits his time between Ghana and Madison, Wisconsin, where he is pursuing unique projects. [1] [2]
Theophilus Nii Anum Sowah (born 1968) is a Ghanaian figurative palanquin and fantasy coffin artist. [1] Nii Anum was the chief apprentice in the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop where he worked ahead of other artists like Paa Joe. [2] Ever since Kane Kwei's death in 1992, Nii Anum has run his own workshop based in Accra.
Sometime in 2017, the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) awarded Koo Nimo through their Music Department, he was honored with a Life Time Achievement Award. Koo Nimo received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards in Accra for his contribution to the Ghanaian music industry. [9]