Greater Accra, 2022
The Coffin Dancers in their costume ‘Scottish red’. Tschumi, who holds a doctorate in ethnology, photographed the Ghanaian undertaker and pallbearer Benjamin Aidoo, who has become known to an international audience as Ghana’s coffin dancer. He is a professional undertaker and room decorator, but also dances with the coffins at funerals together with a group of young people who he has trained. His performances include dark humour, in an attempt to distract mourners. They should not weep but rather rejoice and even laugh