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 The Government of Ghana has accorded the status of national monument to the institution honoring the memory of the “Father of Pan-Africanism,” Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois.
The historic presence in Ghana of this eminent African-American activist scholar is emblematic of the ideal of the African Diaspora’s participation in Ghana’s (and, by extension, Africa’s) development, as reflected in President Kwame Nkrumah’s progressive Pan-Africanist embrace. This monument also re-affirms Du Bois’s conviction regarding the dignity of all peoples and his tireless intellectual labors in the interest of equality for Black people—whether civic, economic, or political equality for Blacks in America, or self-determination for African nations. The mission of the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture is, therefore, to promote the continued pursuit of self-definition for Africa and the Diaspora and the realization of human rights for all people, through research, public education, the arts, and constructive dialogue, in the tradition of Du Bois himself. The Du Bois Centre is a source of, and a space for, productive initiative among Continental Africans, Diasporans, and all others who share Africa’s aspirations.
 Ghana's former minister of tourism, Hon. Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey speaking at the centre • encourages the participation of men and women of the African Diaspora in the progress of Ghana as well as the rest of Africa;
• promotes the ideals of Pan-Africanism among Diaspora and Continental Africans in the sustained pursuit of their shared aspirations;
• seeks to illuminate the place of people of African descent in defining the societies in which they form significant minority populations, particularly in the Americas and Europe;
• encourages the appreciation and continual re-evaluation of African cultural heritage for its relevance to the progressive movement of African societies;
• continues to prosecute the constructive interaction between Africa and the rest of the world community;
• fosters research and dissemination of knowledge that contributes to the recognition of the equality of all peoples and their entitlement to equal human rights.
In serving these objectives, the DuBois Centre honors the memory of both William E.B. and Shirley Graham DuBois, physically and spiritually perpetuating the Pan-Africanist and human-rights principles exemplified through their lives and works.
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Mission Statement 
