The Management of the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture has announced plans to undertake a major renovation of the facility beginning April 1, 2026, at an estimated cost of $200 million dollars.

The redevelopment entails the construction of a new bungalow, an upgraded mausoleum, a modern library, as well as a scholar’s residence and a theatre.

During a visit to the Centre by the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, the Executive Director, Japheth Aryiku outlined the scope of works and the long-term vision behind the facelift.

“That project will start around April 1 and we believe that by February 23, 2027, it would have been completed and the newly restored bungalow will be dedicated. We are concurrently working on the fund raising efforts because the project involves building a new museum that will exhibit the 95-year life of W.E.B. Du Bois. We will have a new library that will contain all the books,” he said.

On his part, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin noted that the modernisation of the facility will firmly place Ghana at the centre of Pan-Africanism and strengthen the country’s historical ties to the global African community.

“It is not going to be easy but it is going to be the centre of the world of Pan-Africanism after the project is completed. Everybody in the world knows that the father of Pan-Africanism is W.E.B. Du Bois,” he stated.