1961 Independence-era architecture in Ghana marked a break with traditional British forms and coincided with the modernist movement in architecture which valued functionality and clean lines over ornamentation and decoration. The Black Star Gate was one of the projects commissioned by Kwame Nkrumah to signify the sovereignty of the new country of Ghana. It was commissioned to mark the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ghana. It was undertaken by the Public Works Department

TBC In recent times, state architecture projects in Ghana have usually been funded, designed and constructed by foreign countries such as China (Ministry of Defence building, Parliament House Interiors) and India (Presidential Palace). The proposed national cathedral has political as well as religious significance. The project has been driven by the New Patriotic Party government and the Christian political majority in an attempt to establish political and religious supremacy