The W.E.B. Dubois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture
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Best time, to visit the memorial center: Never before 10 am. (Or you might face closed doors...)
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W.E.B. DuBois Centre in Accra
History of Gold Coast, Afro - American and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. 
Dr. DuBois - memorial in front of the museum, Accra.
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W.E.B. DuBois Centre in Accra
The W .E. B. DuBois Centre for Pan African Culture was dedicated on 22nd June 1985 in Accra, Ghana. Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Accra is the capital and largest city. The country's population in 2005 was 21,029,853. 
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)
The Centre is located on immaculate grounds of serene beauty, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis, Accra, which surrounds it near the city's centre.
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The Centre is a complex of four major buildings which include the home where Dr. DuBois spent his last years, an Administrative building, the Marcus Garvey Guest House (simple rooms from $40 / Bed & Breakfast) and the tomb of Dr. DuBois and his dear wife Shirley Graham DuBois.
There is an Open Air Theatre directly behind the DuBois home in a pastoral setting. (Unfortunately not well maintained..., as so many buildings in Ghana). Visitors can readily understand why the "Father of Pan Africanism" enjoyed the peace of his last home (At a time, the location was well maintained and taken care of...)
Now, however, the Museum Library and Seminar Room which are in his former home are in dire need of restoration and refurbishing. The Library, which contains Dr. DuBois' Personal library and a collection of works related to Dr. DuBois and Pan Africanism also needs to be expanded in order to create a library of international stature. (Visitors need a special permission, to gain access to Du Bois personal Library, if they wish to obtain the list of books, Du Bois used to study.)
The deterioration of the Centre is obvious even to the casual visitor. It`s paucity of programmes is alarming to individuals who desire to see the ideals of Dr. DuBois widely shared with Ghanaians, young people of African descent in the diaspora, researchers and all those who are interested in learning more about Dr. DuBois and Pan Africanism. Due to its current funding and mismanagement within, the Centre has been allowed to survive: yet unable to thrive.
Now, however, the Museum Library and Seminar Room which are in his former home are in dire need of restoration and refurbishing. The Library, which contains Dr. DuBois' Personal library and a collection of works related to Dr. DuBois and Pan Africanism also needs to be expanded in order to create a library of international stature. (Visitors need a special permission, to gain access to Du Bois personal Library, if they wish to obtain the list of books, Du Bois used to study.)
The deterioration of the Centre is obvious even to the casual visitor. It`s paucity of programmes is alarming to individuals who desire to see the ideals of Dr. DuBois widely shared with Ghanaians, young people of African descent in the diaspora, researchers and all those who are interested in learning more about Dr. DuBois and Pan Africanism. Due to its current funding and mismanagement within, the Centre has been allowed to survive: yet unable to thrive.
The doors remain open, but there is little to see and much less to experience. (except some "funny director" and a women, who claims to be in charge of the museum. Receiving you rather reserved.)
The Memorial Centre needs "New Life", (and a new management), if it is to become the source of information, a forum for discourse, and a place of serious research into the twenty-first century. The purpose of the Centre is two-fold. First it is to be a memorial to Dr. DuBois.
Secondly, it is to be a vital, dynamic centre which promotes the ideals of Pan Africanism by demonstrating practical applications to today's social, political, economic and cultural conditions. Certainly, the Centre remains a lovely memorial to Dr. DuBois. However, it expressed through its programmes, its growing collection of relevant works and its awakening influence and interest aroused in the community, Africa, the diaspora and the world at large.
The Memorial Centre needs "New Life", (and a new management), if it is to become the source of information, a forum for discourse, and a place of serious research into the twenty-first century. The purpose of the Centre is two-fold. First it is to be a memorial to Dr. DuBois.
Secondly, it is to be a vital, dynamic centre which promotes the ideals of Pan Africanism by demonstrating practical applications to today's social, political, economic and cultural conditions. Certainly, the Centre remains a lovely memorial to Dr. DuBois. However, it expressed through its programmes, its growing collection of relevant works and its awakening influence and interest aroused in the community, Africa, the diaspora and the world at large.
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