6-450: 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 , 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 who became a citizen of Ghana in the early 1960s. He lived there in his last few years at
12-753: Is an affluent suburb of the Ghanaian city Accra , in the La Dade Kotopon Municipal District , a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana . The Cantonments area was intended to become a military quarters under the British Colonial government, in the Gold Coast , now Ghana. However, it was upgraded to become a modern planned residential settlement. Most of the homes in the area have three to four bedrooms and are often occupied by
18-483: The former residence of W. E. B. Du Bois . He died there on 27 August 1963. It was opened to the public on 22 June 1985 and was named a national memorial in November that year. 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 . In 2023
24-587: The government of Ghana signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the W.E.B Du Bois Museum Foundation to develop, rebrand, operate and manage the Centre into a major new educational complex to preserve and continue Du Bois' legacy. In 2024, the Mellon Foundation announced a US $ 5 million grant to provide leadership funds for four years in Phase 1 of the new complex's development. Cantonments, Accra Cantonments
30-524: The invitation of President Kwame Nkrumah , while compiling the Encyclopedia Africana . In 2023 the Ghanaian government announced a long-term agreement with the W. E. B. Du Bois Museum Foundation to restore, rebuild, and expand the facility into a major Pan-African historical, educational, and cultural complex. The Du Bois Centre is located at No. 22 First Circular Road, in Cantonments , Accra, Ghana,
36-591: The wealthy, academics or government officials. Many diplomatic missions in the country are in the Cantonments area including the U.S. Embassy. The Flower Pot interchange was constructed to ease traffic to Cantonments. The Cantonments Hospital, Police Hospital and the Health care center & Clinic of Contonments are the healthcare institutions that are located in Cantonments. The following schools are in Cantonments, Accra. This Greater Accra location article
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