Quotes of the day

    “I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” Irvin S. Cobb   “I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”  Mark Twain   “His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” Mae West   “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go..” […]

Fill in the blank

Friday is competition day here at the GFG, and we’re giving a cigar to the first person correctly to fill in the blank. The story is recent, and comes from a regional newspaper.We”ll give you the rest of the story as soon as we have a winner.  A GRIEVING family struggling to raise burial fees […]

Abusua do funu – The family loves the corpse

  Mr Mensah a retired head teacher in Kwahu-Tafo, died in 1995 in Accra, where he was receiving medical treatment. His body was deposited in a mortuary for about a month. During that period, his children organized a full facelift of the house to prepare it for a worthy funeral: the roof and other parts […]