Why dead bodies used to be kept in the kitchen for 2 days – Anokye Frimpong explains

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A hole is not a cathedral 3 months ago

Dont faint as a moslem you will wake up dead!

Dont faint as a moslem you will wake up dead!
ANOKYE FRIMPONG AND HIS MANY STORIES 3 months ago

I’ve never read anything from this self-broadcasting Historian that is enlightening. I’m 70+ and have never heard of dead bodies being kept deliberately for days before proper preservation, not from any part of Ghana.
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I’ve never read anything from this self-broadcasting Historian that is enlightening. I’m 70+ and have never heard of dead bodies being kept deliberately for days before proper preservation, not from any part of Ghana.
There are vital signs to look for in a living person even when comatose, such as heartbeat and breathing. A dead body won’t breathe or have pulsating movements from the chest down to the stomach. For whatever reasons Anokye Frimpong “thinks” the dead were were kept in kitchens, this information is not the education we need going into the 2030s when we can’t even manufacture pins and must import toothpicks. As a Lawyer, we’re better informed about legal procedures in rental, marriage, purchase contracts, etc by him than he telling us primitive stories all the time.
Mr Ibu 3 months ago

Masa if these days dead bodies are kept for days before burial. We are talking about yester years but the practice is still going on. When the Tindana dies such an important traditional leaders body cannot be kept in a mortua ...
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Masa if these days dead bodies are kept for days before burial. We are talking about yester years but the practice is still going on. When the Tindana dies such an important traditional leaders body cannot be kept in a mortuary. They bath him, perform rites for a minimum of 3 days before burial. In the night they will bring the body into the yard or compound and play music and women will sit by the body and fan to provide some cooling, then around 3 to 4 am the body will be taken back to the room. They keep on doing this until the 3rd day when they bury.
Agya Koo 3 months ago

Primitivism on display.
All civilized teachings call for the immediate disposal of the dead.

Primitivism on display.
All civilized teachings call for the immediate disposal of the dead.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 3 months ago

That was not primitivism. The people had to make assurance doubly sure that a person is dead before it is buried. I grew up around Kwabere Sekyere Traditional area many decades ago when there were no Mortuaries to preserve a ...
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That was not primitivism. The people had to make assurance doubly sure that a person is dead before it is buried. I grew up around Kwabere Sekyere Traditional area many decades ago when there were no Mortuaries to preserve a corpse before burial.
The moment a person was pronounced dead, the corpse was taken to a special room in the house where the corpse was buried with extremely very hot water with various herbs some of which are very choking and very painful to the eye for many minutes. If the supposed dead body did not show up any signs of life, the body was then declared dead. I never heard of any situation where the dead body was kept at the Kitchen. No, I am grown enough and never heard of any such thing happening.. Anokye Frempong who happens to claim to be a Historian, please we appreciate what you are attempting to do but research further more to come out with more factual information.. Thank you.
Ghanaweb be serious 3 months ago

Yes you are right. We have a very civilised and rich culture with a traditional health system. Unfortunately colonisation and foreign religion have made us jettison them for the frustrating and less civilised one that we see ...
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Yes you are right. We have a very civilised and rich culture with a traditional health system. Unfortunately colonisation and foreign religion have made us jettison them for the frustrating and less civilised one that we see and practice today.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 3 months ago

I understand that the dead had to be preserved and very much condemned dead but the Dead Body was never kept at the Kitchen. They were kept in special rooms. Our forefathers were very much learned and knew that diseases are, ...
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I understand that the dead had to be preserved and very much condemned dead but the Dead Body was never kept at the Kitchen. They were kept in special rooms. Our forefathers were very much learned and knew that diseases are, and can be transmitted. There was no reason they would preserve a Corpse at the Kitchen where food was mostly cooked and even eaten. This is just Common Sense.
Citizen X 3 months ago

I'm 30 and I have heard of not only one, but numerous cases of such preservation before burial, including one of my family member. Although primitive, it's no lie, and that is, maybe, what makes him an outstanding historian - ...
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I'm 30 and I have heard of not only one, but numerous cases of such preservation before burial, including one of my family member. Although primitive, it's no lie, and that is, maybe, what makes him an outstanding historian - he engages with the history of both the opulent and the impoverished of our rich culture
Frank Agyena-Karikari 3 months ago

He is right about the preservation of the Dead Body but it was never LEFT AT THE KITCHEN FOR DAYS. I also saw how the Dead were preserved before the coming of many Modern Day Mortuaries.

He is right about the preservation of the Dead Body but it was never LEFT AT THE KITCHEN FOR DAYS. I also saw how the Dead were preserved before the coming of many Modern Day Mortuaries.
Obibini 3 months ago

I am 40 years. I know (not that I heard) our people used to do that when I was a kid.
This practice wasn't done by the African alone, Indians and the Native Americans also have these practices.

Science looks for breat ...
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I am 40 years. I know (not that I heard) our people used to do that when I was a kid.
This practice wasn't done by the African alone, Indians and the Native Americans also have these practices.

Science looks for breathing and pulse to determine life. Life goes beyond breathing and heart pulses. Our fathers knew these things, including the process of death ( death isn't one time, it goes through process).

Aside the reason of the historian, when one exhale the last breath and the pulses stops, it takes 2-3 days for a soul to detached from it lower bodies. During this process the body should be kept in calm, quite place, slightly warm, covered with white cloth.
This is deep scientific knowledge that current science is seriously researching into process of death.
Ghanaweb be serious 3 months ago

It is a very common practice. Even in the morgue dead bodies are kept in the fridge after they have been left outside the fridge for at least 24 hours.

It is a very common practice. Even in the morgue dead bodies are kept in the fridge after they have been left outside the fridge for at least 24 hours.
NzemaK 3 months ago

Good Practice anyway, but the hygiene involved . especially if the fellow died of a certain dieses that should not be entertained for long

Good Practice anyway, but the hygiene involved . especially if the fellow died of a certain dieses that should not be entertained for long
NzemaK 3 months ago

Desease***

Desease***
Sycamore 3 months ago

Awww poor you! even your second attempt at spelling DISEASE,evaded you once more. When we admonish you to take your studies seriously, you think we're disturbing you. Just a joke please

Awww poor you! even your second attempt at spelling DISEASE,evaded you once more. When we admonish you to take your studies seriously, you think we're disturbing you. Just a joke please
3tw3 ba 3 months ago

Prof paaa. hahahaha. Odwan

Prof paaa. hahahaha. Odwan
NzemaK 3 months ago

You are not serious.it can happen to anybody. Cheers anyway
.

You are not serious.it can happen to anybody. Cheers anyway
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Hawa Koomson6 3 months ago

Prophet Muhammed corpse was kept for three day before he was buried... his corpse was smelling so bad that Abu Bakr ordered his immediate burial.. bloated stomach, fluid coming from his corpse, finger nails turning dark (acco ...
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Prophet Muhammed corpse was kept for three day before he was buried... his corpse was smelling so bad that Abu Bakr ordered his immediate burial.. bloated stomach, fluid coming from his corpse, finger nails turning dark (according to the hadith).
Nana Addo 3 months ago

What is this?

What is this?
O’Neil 3 months ago

This man can lie, why give divisive element audience ? Who made him Ghanaian historian, Ghana media u don’t do background check

This man can lie, why give divisive element audience ? Who made him Ghanaian historian, Ghana media u don’t do background check
Kwame Peter 3 months ago

O’Neil, Yaw Anokye Frimpong is a mercenary in the pay of some failed politicians,his distorted and fake history narratives feed into the politically divided country which division have been orchestrated by the same failed p ...
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O’Neil, Yaw Anokye Frimpong is a mercenary in the pay of some failed politicians,his distorted and fake history narratives feed into the politically divided country which division have been orchestrated by the same failed politicians.unfortunately,he has platforms hosted by very ignorant journalists who give him ‘free shows’.
O’Neil 3 months ago

Kwame Peter , bless u . I saw those cooked narratives from this ethnocentric old crooked nation breaker

Kwame Peter , bless u . I saw those cooked narratives from this ethnocentric old crooked nation breaker
Success key 3 months ago

I think what he is saying is true am only 21 but heard this from my grandmother before she passed away 4yrs ago.

I think what he is saying is true am only 21 but heard this from my grandmother before she passed away 4yrs ago.
Larry 3 months ago

@Sycamore English spellings is not our thing as far as u understand what he is trying to mean.

@Sycamore English spellings is not our thing as far as u understand what he is trying to mean.
Gbagbladza 3 months ago

O neil and kwame peter you guys are idiot fools like your parents .
I am only 52 years but I witnessed it twice

O neil and kwame peter you guys are idiot fools like your parents .
I am only 52 years but I witnessed it twice
Asida 3 months ago

It's very true. I remember those days in my home village some even keep the dead for three days. But its mainly to allow the family to prepare for a befitting burrial as there were no morgues anywhere.

It's very true. I remember those days in my home village some even keep the dead for three days. But its mainly to allow the family to prepare for a befitting burrial as there were no morgues anywhere.
Mr Ibu 3 months ago

The practice is still on in the upper east. Check my post above. When the Tindana dies the body must be kept for three days. Even important old ladies and men of certain status in the village get the similar treatment. First ...
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The practice is still on in the upper east. Check my post above. When the Tindana dies the body must be kept for three days. Even important old ladies and men of certain status in the village get the similar treatment. First they shave the body, bath it and embalm with shae butter and keep for 3 to 5 days. I have witnessed where an old was kept for one full week before burial. They couldn't bury because she died in the middle of another funeral so they complete the rites for the first one before starting the second one
VERY PRIMITIVE 3 months ago

When the Ancient Egyptians had the knowledge to embalm the dead thousands of years ago, your primitive people in the North were smeared cassava dough on carcasses.

When the Ancient Egyptians had the knowledge to embalm the dead thousands of years ago, your primitive people in the North were smeared cassava dough on carcasses.
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NDC NPP SAME DEVIL 3 months ago

No wonder you are priitive and still practice primitive culture

No wonder you are priitive and still practice primitive culture
Kwame-Italy 3 months ago

WITH due respect, I am over 80 years. My Ewe peole never kept the corpse in kitchen two days. ! Ritual bathing and addornments ,yes ! Burials took place within 2 days. Now ??? .For many medical reasons all corps must be inte ...
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WITH due respect, I am over 80 years. My Ewe peole never kept the corpse in kitchen two days. ! Ritual bathing and addornments ,yes ! Burials took place within 2 days. Now ??? .For many medical reasons all corps must be interred or sealed in coffins within 24 hrs, except legal cases. Thanks.
Kwame Twumasi-Fofie 3 months ago

Maybe, if 80-year old Kwame-Italy had read the story well, he would have noted that the writer didn't specifically mention his Ewe tribe. And the simple fact that he personally has never heard about this doesn't necessarily ...
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Maybe, if 80-year old Kwame-Italy had read the story well, he would have noted that the writer didn't specifically mention his Ewe tribe. And the simple fact that he personally has never heard about this doesn't necessarily mean that it never happened anywhere in Ghana.
SON OF GOD 3 months ago

In my culture they they will smear fresh cassava juice o the dead body and keep it for two nights and if there seem to be no life in it, then it will be buried on the third day.
Few came back to life.

In my culture they they will smear fresh cassava juice o the dead body and keep it for two nights and if there seem to be no life in it, then it will be buried on the third day.
Few came back to life.
Prudhomme - Stop this nonsense, fake historian 3 months ago

Maybe this was done only in your village, fool.

Maybe this was done only in your village, fool.
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Dead bodies used to b kept in kitchens for two days before burial so the dead bodies could cook their last meals before being buried. While everyone slept at night, the dead would wake up prepare themselves a going-away meal, ...
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Dead bodies used to b kept in kitchens for two days before burial so the dead bodies could cook their last meals before being buried. While everyone slept at night, the dead would wake up prepare themselves a going-away meal, enjoy the meal, and lay back down. Even dead babies were known to be great cooks while their dead bodies laid in the kitchen.
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Dead bodies used to be kept in kitchens for two days before burial so that the dead bodies could cook their last meals before being buried. While everyone slept at night, the dead would wake up and prepare themselves a going- ...
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Dead bodies used to be kept in kitchens for two days before burial so that the dead bodies could cook their last meals before being buried. While everyone slept at night, the dead would wake up and prepare themselves a going-away meal, enjoy the meal, and lay back down. Even dead babies were known to be great cooks while their dead bodies laid in the kitchen.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 3 months ago

Oh my God! What kind of myth is this? Please we are in a modern era but not in the Stone Age and Prehistoric period to be fooled to believe such total nonsensical TOLI.

Oh my God! What kind of myth is this? Please we are in a modern era but not in the Stone Age and Prehistoric period to be fooled to believe such total nonsensical TOLI.
Shine 3 months ago

It's called dark humour. He doesn't mean it literally, please.

It's called dark humour. He doesn't mean it literally, please.
Akua 3 months ago

Dead bodies in kitchen! Oh no no no noooooh . Primitive . Which history book has recorded this misbehavior ?

Dead bodies in kitchen! Oh no no no noooooh . Primitive . Which history book has recorded this misbehavior ?
Kwame 3 months ago

My people keep dead bodies in the bath because that place is cool to make it easy for people who comatose to recover early.

My people keep dead bodies in the bath because that place is cool to make it easy for people who comatose to recover early.

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