W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture is a memorial place, a research facility and tourist attraction in the
Cantonments area of
Accra,
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
, that was opened to the public in 1985. It is named in dedication to
W. E. B. Du Bois, an African-American historian and
pan-Africanist
Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all Indigenous and diaspora peoples of African ancestry. Based on a common goal dating back to the Atlantic slave trade, the movement ext ...
who became a citizen of Ghana in the early 1960s.
He lived there in his last few years at the invitation of President
Kwame Nkrumah, while compiling the ''
Encyclopedia Africana.''
History
The Du Bois Centre is located at No. 22 First Circular Road, in
Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, the former residence of
W. E. B. Du Bois. He died there on 27 August 1963.
["Historic Sites"]
Ghana Expeditions. It was opened to the public on 22 June 1985 and was named a national memorial in November that year.
[Katharina Schramm]
"Pan‐Africanism as a resource: the WEB DuBois Memorial Centre for Pan‐African Culture in Ghana"
''African Identities'', Vol. 2, No. 2, 2004, pp. 151–171.
The Centre houses a small museum with part of Du Bois's personal library and a collection of his works, which are made available to researchers. An adjacent shrine shelters his grave and the ashes of his second wife,
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Shirley Graham Du Bois (born Lola Shirley Graham Jr.; November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977) was an American writer, playwright, composer, and activist for African-American causes, among others. She won the Messner and the Anisfield-Wolf prizes f ...
.
References
External links
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W. E. B. Du Bois Centre in Accra Ghana Tourism
W E B Du Bois Memorial Centre Time Out
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Pan-Africanist organizations in Africa
Pan-Africanism in Ghana
Monuments and memorials in Ghana
W. E. B. Du Bois