Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and memorial Park
Also known as the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park is the resting place of Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and his wife, Fathia Nkrumah. It is dedicated to him for his outstanding campaign to liberate Ghana (then Gold Coast) from colonial rule on 6th March, 1957. It is located in downtown Accra, on the High street directly opposite the old Parliament House now known as the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).
It has a total surface area of approximately 5.3 acres. The two main features of Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum are the museum and the mausoleum. The mausoleum is the actual place where Kwame Nkrumah was laid to rest. The Museum houses the personal effects and publications of Ghana’s first president and pictures showing his life history.
Some of these pictures of Dr. Nkrumah with some of the most famous people of his time are an eye opener.
As you approach the main way leading to the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, you’ll see springs on each sides of the walk way. Each spring has seven bare-chested, squatting statuettes of flute blowers, who seem to welcome the arrival of world leaders and other important personalities. . Within the Ghanaian culture the water and the blowing of flute are used to welcome dignitaries.
The full statue of Dr Nkrumah, wearing a cloth, in bronze is sited at the exact location where he proclaimed Ghana’s independence.
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