Going into Darkness: Fantastic Coffins from Africa documents one of the most distinctive forms of funerary art in the world. Among the Ga people of Accra, coffins are designed to reflect the life, work, and identity of the deceased, taking forms as varied as animals, vehicles, tools, and everyday objects. The photographs gathered here trace the full arc of these sculptural works from their making in crowded workshops, to their final, ceremonial descent into the earth. What emerges is a portrait of identities carried forward, flamboyantly intact into the next world. Accompanied by lively texts, the book introduces the carvers, the mourners, and the departed themselves. With 152 illustrations, Going into Darkness is a cult document of ritual imagination where the coffin becomes an artwork, and the grave a site of arrival.