Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Visit to Kwame Nkrumah National Memorial Park

Kwame Nkrumah National Park in Accra, Ghana
A very LARGE complex
Dr. Nkrumah and Mrs. Fathia Nkrumah Mausoleum 
A statue of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah ( (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972)
He is pointing forward to symbolize the dream he had for Ghana's development

This speaks for itself


Mrs. Fathia Nkrumah's chamber.  She was originally from Egypt.



Statue Kwame Nkrumah which one time stood in front of the Parliment House.
Was vandalized during the 1966 coup d'etat.


This reads:
"The bronze head of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's original  statue which stood in front of the old Parliment House, Accra, Vandalised during the February 24, 1966 military and police coup d'etat.
This was recovered and presented by a patriotic citizen to the information services department which in turn released it to the park on May 28, 2009.  Mounted on the park on Sept. 1, 2009."

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