Sally Mann expressed joy over the absence of musicians at Daddy Lumba’s funeral, attributing their absence to the family ...

There is a sad irony in writing an obituary for a man who spent his adult life as a funeral singer. For decades, Mbabila "Small" Batoh led his trio, fra fra, in providing funeral music throughout ...

Long before the first prayer was said at the Heroes Park of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Daddy Lumba had already spoken as giant speakers mounted around the funeral grounds, exuded his unmistakable ...

The iconic Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, became the stage for Ghana’s most dramatic farewell.

Faustina Fosu, sister of the late Ghanaian music icon Daddy Lumba, has opened up about the emotional toll surrounding her ...

By Prof. Samuel Lartey  In Ghana, death is never silent. It is announced, amplified, choreographed, and remembered. A death ...

Funerals are a big deal in Ghana and it is not uncommon, in some parts, for a ceremony to last up to seven days, drawing thousands of crowds adorned in flowing red and black robes and gold jewelry.

The Heroes Park of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi was awash with music, colour, and emotion on Saturday, as a multitude of mourners gathered to bid a final farewell to Highlife legend, Daddy ...

The immediate family of the late Ghanaian music icon, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, has filed a fresh lawsuit to suspend the ongoing burial ceremony scheduled for December 13, ...

In many cultures across the world, funerals are meant to be solemn rites of passage : moments when families pause to grieve, ...

It was a funeral two years in the making. The deceased had laid in a morgue in Greater Accra, Ghana, biding his time in icy torpor as plans were made for his final journey. There was financing to be ...