History Isn’t Neat — Neither Should Our Landmarks Be: Kotoka and the Politics of Historical Convenience

In December 2025, while visiting the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum with a friend, I joined a guided tour that unfolded as an almost wholly celebratory narrative of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president – his life, liberation struggles, Pan-African ambitions, countless developmental projects, and his global stature.

For the multiple times that I have visited the mausoleum, Nkrumah’s life history has rendered with reverence. Among the group in the December guided tour were several African Americans and other African nationals who had come to Ghana for the Detty December. They listened attentively as the story of Nkrumah’s achievements was narrated in heroic terms.

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