Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum – Accra, 2026

Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum – Accra, 2026

Acrylic on Canvas | 61 × 92 cm

This painting forms part of MINA's developing Ghana @70 Heritage Scroll Collection, a body of work exploring Ghana's monuments, cultural memory, and national identity through the visual language of archival scrolls.

Developed in the early 1990s as a national memorial, the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum stands on the site where Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana’s independence on 6 March 1957. It commemorates Ghana’s first Prime Minister and President and honours his Pan-African vision, making the site a place of remembrance, national identity and civic history.

Inspired by the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, the work reinterprets one of Ghana's most significant national landmarks as a preserved historical record. The scroll format suggests memory, documentation, and the transmission of heritage across generations.

The monument emerges from an atmospheric landscape framed by weathered scroll edges, creating a dialogue between past and present. The sculptural fountain figures, surrounding vegetation, and human presence provide a sense of scale while emphasizing the Mausoleum's enduring place within Ghana's cultural landscape.

Part of Ghana @ 70: Heritage Scroll Collection, Heritage, Memory and Identity.
Available for exhibition and curatorial review. For enquiries, please contact Mina's Art Space.

Copyright & Reproduction Rights

The sale includes the physical original painting only. Copyright, image rights, and reproduction rights remain with the artist, MINA / Wilhelmina O. Quaynor.