{"id":605403,"date":"2019-04-05T19:51:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T19:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  5 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfm.com.gh<\/p>\n2019-04-05\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/59171084"},"modified":"2019-04-05T19:51:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T19:51:09","slug":"i-felt-proud-when-akufo-addo-invited-me-to-come-home-david-adjaye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/05\/i-felt-proud-when-akufo-addo-invited-me-to-come-home-david-adjaye\/","title":{"rendered":"I felt proud when Akufo-Addo invited me to come home \u2013 David Adjaye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  5 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfm.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/59171084.295.jpg\" alt=\"Adjaye Akufo1\" title=\"Adjaye Akufo1\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo examines the prototype of the Cathedral in the presence of David Adjaye<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> David Adjaye has told Bola Ray he was excited and proud when President Akufo-Addo personally extended an invitation to him to come home and help Ghana with his unique expertise in architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The extraordinary architect who designed Ghana\u2019s National Cathedral disclosed the President had seen his work at a museum abroad and was marveled at the depth of quality and urged him to come back to Ghana and help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat brought me back is the commissions that I was given by this administration. They basically saw my work at the museum being celebrated everywhere and they wondered how it is that I was not doing it in my own country and I said \u2018I have not been asked yet\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Bola Ray how he felt when the President invited him, Mr. Adaye said: \u201cSo proud, it is so proud to have your work acknowledge by your country but also by the leader of the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said once the invitation came to him, he felt the desire and responsibility to come back and let Ghanaians benefit from his skills.<\/p>\n<p>His Recent works include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo and the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, completed in 2010. 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