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Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

05°33′N 000°12′W · Greater Accra

The park in central Accra where Ghana’s independence was declared in 1957.

The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum honours Ghana’s first president and a leading figure of Pan-Africanism. It stands on the former polo grounds where Nkrumah declared independence on 6 March 1957, and holds the tombs of Nkrumah and his wife beneath a marble-clad mausoleum set among fountains and gardens.

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Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

05°33′N 000°12′W

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