Are the Dead Loved More than the Living in Africa

A Ghanaian journalist, Elizabeth Ohene, has written a very provovative piece that suggests that Ghanaian attitude toward the dead seems to indicate that they value the dead more than the living. In many African societies, funerals or "death celebrations" are seen as occasions for lavish expenses that do very little to stimulate the economy. Has the time come for this practice to be critically evaluated?