I’m a funeral contractor - These Widows Make a Living by Crying At the Funerals of Strangers

BBC Africa showed some Ghanaian women wailing at someone’s funeral.
The women are all widows who decided to start the business to make money.
 Leader Ami Dokli speaks to BBC Africa.


“Some people don’t know how to cry. Some people, when they lost their relatives, they don’t know how to talk and cry. My name is Ami Dokli, I’m a funeral contractor. People come in to pick me to go to their funerals to cry for them. We are all widows. After our husbands died, we decided to come together to help those who cannot cry, cry. So, if we are not there, it will not go on well with them. Some funerals are big funerals. Some are normal so whenever you’ve invited us and we come in and we notice how big the funeral is, is how we charge. It’s a normal thing. We will all die one day” she said.

The comments on BBC Facebook page revealed that the practice of hiring people to cry at a funeral is not a new one.


According to a commenter, it is a normal practice in most part of Africa and some advanced world and has no religious undertone or affiliation but strictly culture.


“We have (had) something similar in Taiwan, except we also use microphones and speakers to broadcast the entire process,” Jackie Su said, noting that it is not only an African thing.


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