Cantonments in Accra in La Dade-Kotopon District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana — Coastal Plain (West Africa)
W.E.B. DuBois
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 25, 2023
1. W.E.B. DuBois Marker
In recognition of our centennial anniversary and in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of Ghana, we honor the legacy of W.E.B. DuBois, Ph.D., founder of Pan-Africanism and distinguished member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Presented by the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc.
Ralph E. Johnson, Ph.D., Chairman and by
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Darryl R. Matthews, Sr. General President
Willard C. Hall, Jr. Executive Direction
Robert L. Harris, Jr., Ph.D. National Historian
The DuBois Centre
Accra, Ghana
January 15, 2007
Erected 2007.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. A significant historical date for this entry is January 15, 2007.
Location. 5° 34.928′ N, 0° 10.261′ W. Marker is in Accra, Greater Accra Region, in La Dade-Kotopon District. It is in Cantonments. It can be reached from Fifth Link Road north of Second Circular Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Africa, West Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what
this page online
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dr. Shirley Graham DuBois (here, next to this marker); Agusta 109A Helicopter (approx. one kilometer away); Edward Akufo-Addo (approx. one kilometer away); Christ the King School Foundation (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Ghana Armed Forces Memorial (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Ghana in Two World Wars (approx. 3.8 kilometers away); Major Maxwell Adam Mahama (approx. 4.2 kilometers away); Liberation Day Monument (approx. 4.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Accra.
Also see . . . W.E.B. DuBois at Wikipedia. (Submitted on April 1, 2023.)
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 25, 2023
2. W.E.B. DuBois Marker
The DuBois' markers are attached to a wall near their gravesite. In the distance to the left is their former home, now a museum at the DuBois Centre.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 25, 2023
3. W.E.B. DuBois House and Museum
The gravesite is in the structure to the right.
Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, March 25, 2023
4. W.E.B. DuBois and Shirley Graham DuBois Gravesite
Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2023, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 536 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 1, 2023, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
