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Ghana\u2019s first skatepark, the Freedom Skatepark, has reportedly been forced to close down two years after being in operation.<\/p>\n
According to a report by complex.com, the Freedom Skatepark which is owned by the late American-born Ghanaian fashion designer and entrepreneur,\u00a0Virgil Abloh, has been closed down due to challenges by \u201coutside contractors\u201d.<\/p>\n
The report was based on a social media post shared by Wole Olosunde, a designer and native New Yorker, who said Abloh\u2019s Freedom Skate Park has been shuddered after a contractor built a cement wall to keep skaters out.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinally got to visit FREEDOM, the skate park\u00a0Virgil Abloh\u00a0built in Accra, Ghana. One of his last projects before he passed. I left heartbroken and confused. Cause why tf is no one talking about or fighting for this?\u201d he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n
The New York-based designer asked why someone would destroy the park which became a home to many Ghanaian skaters.<\/p>\n
He alleged that it was a business owner who \u201cbuilt a cement wall then poured sand through the park to keep all skaters out\u201d almost a year ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been like this for almost a full year, leaving these kids with nowhere to skate. To the point they built their own temporary skate park to be able to keep spreading the love of skating and building community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olosunde asked why authorities and the public are quiet about the closure of the park which the late\u00a0Virgil Abloh\u00a0spent huge amount of resources to build.<\/p>\n
GhanaWeb\u00a0reported in May 2023 that the park which was one of the few places the Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, visited on her state visit to Ghana in March 2023, had indefinitely closed.<\/p>\n
According to a tweet by a verified page, BlacVolta, on Twitter, it stated that the park had been closed due to a land dispute.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccra\u2019s first community-built skateboard park, Freedom Skatepark has been closed indefinitely due to a land dispute that has put the park\u2019s future in jeopardy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dispute arose after a party claimed ownership of the land where the skatepark is located and allegedly started building a wall to block access to the site without notice or explanation,\u201d the tweet said.<\/p>\n
The tweet added that the owner of the park had to take to social media to appeal for help on how to get his park safe from the intrusion from people.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe owner of Freedom Skatepark, @Rooky_Rider, took to Instagram to call for help from the community, asking for contacts to help save the skatepark, as well as ratings on Google and donations to pay for legal fees.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe closure of the park has caused concern among skateboarders and the local community, who see the park as an important space for youth engagement and healthy activity,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
Another tweet, credited to Rightify Ghana, showed a news clip from TV3 where it was reported that this venue was stormed by an anti-LGBTQ+ group, claiming that the place has been \u201cdisguised in the name of skating\u201d but serves as a headquarters for the gay community in Ghana.<\/p>\n
The tweet added that the anti-gay group, known as the Islamic Youth for Peace, has called on the police to swoop in on the venue at Shiashie.<\/p>\n
BAI\/OGB<\/p>\n
Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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