THE DIARY GAME: 09/08/2020: WELCOME TO JAMES ASSURANCE DIARY EPISODE 8.MY TRIP TO THE BLACK STAR SQUARE. THE DIARY GAME SEASON 2

jammz100 (52)in #the1000daysofsteem • 4 years ago

Dear diary,

This is day two in the beautiful city of Accra, this is surely a home away from home.
we had moved out of the guest house at the transport company and we are currently staying at Green leaf Hotel.

it is 07:00 hours and we are getting ready for Church, we found a church closeby called Christ Apostolic Church, the churches here are different from the ones at Kumasi, in Christ Apostolic Church they interpret as the pastor is preaching and it is good because the natives and foreigner that speak English can have an understanding of what is being said.

We left for the church by 08:00 am.

a photo of myself before going to Church.

After church we decided to take a tour around the city, we started off at the Black star square park. we met someone there who we paid to give us a tour of the place, we paid 5 cedis which are approximately 1 dollar.
Black Star Square, also known as Independence Square, is a public square in Accra, Ghana, bordered by the Accra Sports Stadium and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.

me standing in front of the Accra sports Stadium.

The square often hosts the annual independence celebrations as well as other national events. It is currently the site for all civic and military parades in Ghana. It was completed in the year 1961, which coincided with the visit of Queen Elizabeth's II state visit to Ghana.

a picture of the Black star square, i shot from the the Black star tower.

Kwame Nkrumah commissioned the square to honor the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. Construction ended in 1961, and it was named 'Black Star Square'. Kwame Nkrumah was the one who led Ghana, formerly Gold Coast to gain Independence from Britain.

In Independence Square are stands that can seat 30,000 people. The square boasts three monuments that encapsulate the fight for independence and liberation. This includes the Independence Arch, the Liberation Day Monument, and the Black Star Monument, also known as the Black Star Gate. A statue of a soldier facing the Independence Arch symbolizes the Ghanaians who lost their lives fighting for Ghana's independence.

Ghana liberation day monument. shot by me.

We learned a great deed about Ghana and its founding fathers and the colonial struggle.
tomorrow we intend to go to the Osu castle to learn more.
I feel like I know Ghana enough already.

a picture of myself just outside the freedom monument.