Kwasi Benefo

Most children who grow up in Africa are bred with a myriad of astonishing tales that illustrate the immense wisdom of their Elders, the people whose culture and civilization spawned the cradle of humanity. For the Akan people of West Africa, one of such stories is that of Kwasi Benefo: The Man who went in Search of Death. Several Akan traditions and customary practices have been explained in this wonderful story about Kwasi Benefo, a man who could take it no more after Death destroyed his life. Did he really travel to the realm of the dead to confront Death? Did he come back alive?