Tuesday 30 April 2013

Culture: Ghana National Museum on Slavery and Freedom (GNMOSAF) due to open Summer 2017......










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.

 
For more info visit: http://gnmosaf.org/
Do LIKE their Facebook page via: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ghana-National-Museum-on-Slavery-and-Freedom/479044425474800

More Info:
The museum will be an international institution for the archival preservation, study, documentation and interpretation of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

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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.

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