Meet African professional mourners who get paid to cry at funerals

by Staff writer

They are called professional mourners and they get paid to cry at funerals.

The practice of hiring mourners is not new in Africa — in fact, in places like Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya, professional mourning has grown into a flourishing business that brings in a lot of money.

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