Museum visit

From Museum

Our first outing was back in November and we went to the museum of the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. I learned a lot. A couple of things the president accomplished was gaining independency from Britain and creating the Aksombo Dam where we currently get our electricity. He passed away at an early age back in the 1960s I believe. His wife, who was from Egypt, passed away last year and wanted to be buried next to him. As you will see in the pictures, the grounds are amazing. There was a lot of thought put into this to honour the president. Everything is a symbol for something. The water, the statues, the tower are all significant. Afterwards, we walked to Independence Square, an open stadium area built near the ocean to host various events. Not far from there, the country built an arch tower to remind Ghanians the day they gained independence.