Location of W .E. B. DuBois Centre for Pan African Culture

Location - W.E.B. Dubois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture

Best time, to visit the centre: After 10 am

W.E.B. DuBois Centre in Accra
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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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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.

Address of Museum:

1, Circular Road- Cantonments
P.O.Box CT 975
Accra (just few meters from the US Embassy and close to Ghana International School)

Telephone: International: 00233 30 277 6502 / Local: 030- 776502
Fax: 233-30-772031
Type of museum: Memorial Museum and Library
Status: Research Centre on Pan Africanism
Year established: 1985
Governing Body: National Commission on Culture
Collections: W.E.B. Dubois' personal effects as well as his personal library. Photographs, archives, his academic awards, his tomb as well as the ashes of Mrs. Dubois and the house in which he lived in Ghana before his death.

Publications: The Life and works of W.E.B. Dubois by Daniel Agbeye Blawo (1998), post cards, books, studies on Pan Africanism and other souvenir items
Facilities: Seminar facilities, souvenir shop, open air theatre, library and guest rooms.
Opening Hours: 09:00 - 18:00 Hours Daily
Chief Officer: Director (Appointed by the National Commission on Culture)

The DuBois Centre has the following framed pictures of African leaders who promoted the ideals of Pan Africanism:

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikewe (1904-1996)
Ahmed Sekou Toure (1922-1984)
Modibo Keita (1915-1977)
Kenneth David Kaunda (1924- )
Leopold Sedar Senghor (1906-2001)

Four great names in Pan Africanism:

Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940)
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
George Padmore (1902-1960)
Dr. W.E.B DuBois (1868-1963)

Key African leaders instrumental in the formation of the OAU:

Emperor Haile Selasie (1890-1974)
Dr. K. Julius Nyerere (1922-1999)
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
Jomo Kenyatta (1891-1978)

African American Civil Rights Activists:

Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
Malcolm X (1925-1965)
Martin Luther King Jr (1926-1968)
William Alphaeus Hunton (1903-1970)
Andrew Young (1932- )

Others:

Albert Tohn Luthuli (1898-1967)
Chaka (1786-1836)
Nelson Mandela (1918- )

Eminent African Scholars:

Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-!912)
Wole Soyinka (1923- )
Cheil Anta Diop (1923-1986)
Dr. Abdias do Nascimento (1914- )

Women Freedom Fighters:

Winnie Mandela (1936- )
Harriet Ross Tubman (1821-1913)

Invitation

When Ghana became a Republic in July 1960, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah invited his mentor and the father of Pan Africanism to join him in Ghana. Dr. Du Bois accepted the invitation and took up the task of researching and compiling the Encyclopedia Africana. He moved to Accra, Ghana, to a modest bungalow situated at House No. 22 1 st Circular Road in Cantonment where today, the W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture is located. The civil rights activist, freedom fighter and peace activist died at the age of 95 in Accra.

His tomb where his body lies alongside the ashes of his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois, are the centerpiece of the memorial.

The Du Bois Centre consists of the museum which contains memorabilia and his personal library, the Open Air Theatre where intellectual seminars, lectures and workshops are held along with cultural events. In addition is the ‘Marcus Garvey' guest house. The Centre was established in 1985 by the Ghana government to encourage visitors to contemplate the ideals to Pan Africanism and to reflect upon the work of Dr. Du Bois.

Indeed, Dr. Du Bois has a special place in Ghana's history and the Centre with its programmes and activities will help keep the spirit of Pan Africanism alive.

On 22nd of December, 2003 the Egyptian Embassy in Accra donated two large size pictures of President Gamal Abdul Nasser (1918-1970) and President Mohamed Anwar ElSadat (1918-1981) to the DuBois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture. The latest pictures are now part of the Picture Gallary at the DuBois Museum.