It’s hard to miss the coffin shaped like an old Nokia brick phone at the entrance of the sunlit workshop on the outskirts of Accra. Here, on a busy road next to Ghana’s Atlantic coastline, Eric Kpakpo ...

You may have seen it for sale on Facebook or Craigslist in Winona. “Handcrafted semi traditional toe pincher coffins,” the description says. “They make an excellent conversation piece coffee table, ...