Accra Market, W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre & Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

It is the first day in Accra and we are off to the market. Accra has a lot of tall buildings and seems to be well developed. The Accra market was buzzing with noise as thousands of Ghanians inside and outside the market building sold items. Upon entry into the market building, they recognised us as foreigners and started calling us to purchase things from their stall. "My sista, come and take a look," they would say as soon as they spot you taking a quick glance of their stall. The Ghanian lady myself and others bought black soap and other items from was very quick with her hands as she packaged each of our items in bags in a short time period. She was also very generous as she freely added extra items such as a hand bracelet or portion of shea butter to what we purchased. We had very little time to shop at the market and were quite upset about this. Hopefully we get to shop at the market again very soon. The W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture was very informative about highly honoured persons in Ghana and worldwide as there were many pictures of well known honoured black people such as Martin Luther King and Maya Angelou, as well as honoured Ghanians. Some of Maya Angelou's quotes were also attached to her photos and they were refreshingly encouraging. The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park displayed aspects of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's life such as the clothes he wore and books he wrote. His main goal was to create a unified african continent. The Ghanians back then however, did not favour his desire and expressed their disagreement in vandalising his statue that now stands with its head separated from its body and large gaping holes. There were also many pictures of him and his family which I admired as they serve as prof of his remembered, family oriented persona. Me at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park