A series of major roundabouts (traffic circles) and one interchange in the city commemorate some of the Big Six, Ghana’s forefathers and leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention political party who agitated for and helped usher in independence from British rule in 1957. On July 1st of each year, Republic Day marks the formal creation… Continue reading Nationalism, spatial iconography, political history: Exploring Accra’s “Big Six” monuments for Republic Day