Paulina Opoku-Gyimah says: Ghana is to get a new international cultural centre ---can
you Adam & Eve it? Nor can I!! But I’m pleasantly surprised –and Ghana’s cultural
elite are buzzing with delight at this latest news!!!
A special committee comprising the Ghanaian government, some
of the most distinguished Ghanaian business leaders and educators will work
with……wait for it…………..Ghana Rising fave, world renowned architect David Adjaye and
United States developer Strategic Urban Development Alliance, LLC (SUDA)---to build Ghana’s first, ‘state-of-the-art
Museum’ ---and La Ghana Rising Blog is beyond astatic!!!
Ghana National Museum on Slavery and Freedom (GNMOSAF)
promises to be more than an international museum, it will be the, ‘cornerstone
of a larger development, which in its entirety, is to serve as a global
education and tourist destination and will include an international conference
centre, a luxury hotel and additional venues for entertainment’.
And Even though it dedicated to the, ‘study,
documentation and interpretation of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trades’ ---this international
institution will also showcase Ghana’s majestic history (culture, customs, costumes
et al) –and be the finest cultural hub in Ghana, on par with uber international
cultural hubs like: The British Museum, MOMA, the Tate, The Smithsonian et al…
Ghana National Museum on Slavery and Freedom (GNMOSAF) is
due for completion in summer 2017 ---and Ghana Rising can’t wait.
The following info is taken from GNMOSAF’s elegant
website….
“Join us on a journey through one of the historic
projects of a lifetime, building the Ghana National Museum on Slavery and
Freedom (GNMOSAF). The government of
Ghana has chartered a Public-Private Partnership to develop GNMOSAF at a
location near the historic slave castles at Cape Coast and Elmina, Ghana. The museum will serve as the cornerstone of
the larger cultural heritage complex which includes a conference centre,
hotels, shopping and an entertainment venue for tourists and the people of
Ghana. GNMOSAF, as an international
institution, will provide archival preservation, documentation, interpretation
and education about the African & Transatlantic Slave Trade. Upon
completion, the development project will stand as one of Africa’s most important
cultural resources and institutions advocating the eradication of all forms of
modern day slavery and human trafficking.
By honouring the lives of the past, we seize the opportunity to reconcile
as a people globally. Grand Opening
Summer 2017." GNMOSAF
It’s nice to be saying this… after sometime of saying the
very opposite, ----but God Bless the Ghanaian government, the distinguished
Ghanaian business leaders and educators and David Adjaye and the United States
developer Strategic Urban Development Alliance, LLC (SUDA –for this incredible gift to Ghana and
its wonderful people.
More Info:
The museum will be an international institution for the
archival preservation, study, documentation and interpretation of the
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
Description
SUDA, LLC has been selected as the developer for the
Ghana National Museum on Slavery and Freedom (GNMOSAF). The museum will be an
international institution for the archival preservation, study, documentation
and interpretation of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade via the slave castles at
Elmina and Cape Coast. This state-of-the-art Museum is the cornerstone of a
larger development, which in its entirety, is to serve as a global education
and tourist destination and will include an international conference centre, a
luxury hotel and additional venues for entertainment.
Ghana has enlisted the support of the international
community to provide technical and administrative expertise in all aspects of
the planning and development of the Ghana National Museum on Slavery project.
The public/private sector planning and development process will include
strategic collaborations with the Smithsonian Institution Museum of African
American History and Culture, UNESCO, the British National Museum and other
museum complexes in the world.
