Editing Accra (section)

==== Nkrumah Plan ====
[[File:Black Star Square and Independence Arch, Accra, Ghana.jpg|thumb|[[Black Star Square]]]]

When [[Kwame Nkrumah]] became Ghana's first post-independence [[Prime Minister of Ghana|Prime Minister]] in 1957, he created his own plan for Accra's development.<ref>Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 5.</ref> Instead of creating spaces to serve the elite, Nkrumah sought to create spaces to inspire pride and nationalism in his people and people throughout Africa.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Rather than creating ornamental fountains and a large Parliament complex, Nkrumah decided to build landmarks such as Independence Square, the State House, and the Organisation of African Unity building, and to refurbish Christianborg Castle. Nkrumah decided to leave the Atlantic coastal region undeveloped so as to not detract attention from the Community Centre or Independence Square, lending both spaces symbolic significance.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} The Nkrumah plan did not emphasize order nearly as much as the Fry/Treavallion plan did; whereas the British plan strove to lessen crowding in the commercial district and help relieve the overcrowding of neighbourhoods bordering the CBD, the Nkrumah plan allowed for continued compression of commercial establishments into the CBD, as well as increased migration into Jamestown.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

The modern city is centered on the original British, Danish, and Dutch forts and their surrounding communities: [[Jamestown, Ghana|Jamestown]] near the British [[Fort James, Ghana|James Fort]], [[Osu, Accra|Osu]] near the Danish fort of [[Fort Christiansborg|Christiansborg]] (now [[Osu Castle]]), and [[Jamestown/Usshertown, Accra|Ussherstown]] near the Dutch [[Ussher fort]].

Tourist attractions include the [[National Museum of Ghana]], the [[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[National Archives of Ghana]] and Ghana's central library, the [[National Theatre of Ghana|National Theatre]], the Accra Centre for National Culture, and [[Jamestown Lighthouse]].

The [[Parliament of Ghana|Parliament]], [[Supreme Court of Ghana]], [[Black Star Square]] and the [[Bank of Ghana]] are also located in Accra.

The city is also a transportation hub, home to the [[Kotoka International Airport]], and railway links to [[Tema]], [[Sekondi-Takoradi]] and [[Kumasi]]. Accra has become a location for national and international business conferences, such as the BarCamp Ghana series, organised by GhanaThink Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allconferences.com/Regional/Accra/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017232231/http://www.allconferences.com/Regional/Accra/|url-status=dead|title=Accra Conferences|archivedate=17 October 2011}}</ref>