Events at DuBois memorial Centre
Congratulations President Mahama for granting Africans from America and Caribbeans Ghanaian citizenship
Indeed, today December 28, 2016 will be forever remembered as the day the Joseph Project initiated by the visionary Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey came to fruition with the granting of citizenship to 35 of our brothers and sisters. Although the number may seem small, it is indeed a symbolic gesture that should be reciprocated continentally by all other African states.
Once again Ghana, the first African state south of the Sahara has shown the way
By Ahuma Bosco Ocansey Director of Communications and Special Projects, MUSIGA
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As President John Dramani Mahama in his modest way said, this is not a favor being done them but their inalienable right as people who were forcibly taken from these shores. It's no coincidence that with the highest number of European forts and castles outside European, we should acknowledge our role as the gateway to Africa.
Let us welcome our kindred who have acquired knowledge and skills to join in our nation building. Imagine tens of thousands of our folks returning with skills, technology and knowledge. That would be a tremendous injection into our economy even as we speak of a knowledge economy. I know you have concerns about some unsavory characters, well as Interior Minister Mr Bani indicated due process would be followed to weed out negative nuts. Indeed, as President Mahama said, we look forward to the day that our brethren from the diaspora will get visa on arrival like our other African brethren have. President John D. Mahama addressing the audience at the swearing of oath of allegiance (Video) |
I know Osagyefo Dr Nkrumah looked forward to this day when he said our independence is meaningless unless it's linked with the total liberation of the African continent.
Copy of programme of the event autographed by President Mahama
President Mahama has lit a torch, I pray President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo takes d mantle and grants the visa on arrival. President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo, President Mahama by this singular act has graduated into the realms of international statesmanship and a stellar position in the pantheon of Pan African Heroes and Heroines.
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I know you are destined for greatness, please by the end of your first term, please grant our diasporans visa on arrival and catapult thyself into that iconic position reserved for you in the realm of our Pan African leaders.
I also have to celebrate my teacher at St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, Secretary to the President for his crucial role in accomplishing this significant feat.
I also have to celebrate my teacher at St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, Secretary to the President for his crucial role in accomplishing this significant feat.
Finally to Ambassador Erika Bennett, Dr Hamet Maulana and all the folks who made it possible. Today, I feel proud as a Ghanaian among my Pan African brethren, for we have walked the talk!!!
And thanks President Mahama for the autographed program you gave me. I will forever cherish it as a souvenir of this historic occasion.
As Haile Selassie said, Africa awaits it's creators and creation.
Jah bless
As Haile Selassie said, Africa awaits it's creators and creation.
Jah bless
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W.E.B. DuBois Centre in Accra
History of Gold Coast, Afro Americans and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trad 
Du Bois (center) at his 95th birthday party in 1963 in Ghana, with President of the Republic of Ghana Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (right) and First Lady Fathia Nkrumah. (Header: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Accra)
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ABOUT DR. DU BOIS:
The W.E.B.DuBois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture was established on 22nd June, 1985 in Accra at House No. 22,1st Circular Road, Cantonments. Black History Month 2015 at DuBois Centre Source: Daily Guide - The African American Association of Ghana in honour of the 2015 edition of Black History Month will present a ‘Day of Dialogue and Cultural Exchange’ on Saturday, February 28 at the W.E.B. DuBois Centre in Accra. The event, which would take off with music and dance performances, would comprise four panel discussions. The deliberations would feature prominent African American/ Ghanaian scholars, historians and artists who would dilate on diverse topics. An outline of topics to be discussed include ‘African American Heroes Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’, ‘Are African Americans Obroni – What Does This Word Really Mean’?, ‘How the African-American Culture influenced Cultures of the World’ and ‘How Do We Avoid That Which Divides Us and Embrace Principles That Bring Us Together’? |
Panelists include Dr Fenton Sands (US AID Consultant), Philiipe Ayivor (President, American Chamber of Commerce), Prof Kofi Agyekum, (Department of Linguistics University of Ghana), Gyedu-Blay Amobolley (Musician), Janet Butler (Vice President, Africa Region-Caribbean United Way Worldwide) and Dr Samuel Ntewusu (Research Fellow – Institute of African Studies).
Others are Dr Esi Sutherland Addy (Senior Research Fellow – Institute of African Studies), Rabbi Kohain, (Hebrew Israelites of Ghana), Dr Catherine Gardiner (President – Caribbean Association of Ghana) and Brenda Powell (President – Rita Marley Foundation).
Others are Dr Esi Sutherland Addy (Senior Research Fellow – Institute of African Studies), Rabbi Kohain, (Hebrew Israelites of Ghana), Dr Catherine Gardiner (President – Caribbean Association of Ghana) and Brenda Powell (President – Rita Marley Foundation).
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Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States and other countries for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.
The United States Embassy in Accra, W.E.B Du-Bois Centre, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana and Centre for African and International Studies, University of Cape Coast are sponsoring the event.
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