| NINETYTHREE | At this age, W.E.B. Du Bois moved to Ghana to write his Encyclopedia Africana; he died there two years later |
| VOLTA | A river in W Africa flowing through Central Ghana to the Bright of Benin |
| TOGO | Which African country has Ghana to the west and Benin to the east? (4) |
| ANATOLIA | Part of Asia or of Ghana (to liar) (8) |
| ATTENDANCE | Being there two hours before noon, get down? |
| MAMBA | Be there two mornings, you snake! (5) |
| ATTEND | Be there two hours before noon the day after (6) |
| FACIA | Ran out of Africana over the shop (5) |
| BUTTERFLIES | White stinkwood Celtis africana: A larval food plant for pretty flappy loveable insects. (11) |
| CARTHAGO | Urbs Africana quae delenda erat, ut Cato urgebat |
| ALLIGATOR | Born in the US, moved to Berlin, admired by Hitler, bombed by the Allies, rescued by the British, moved to Moscow, died there in 2020, aged 84. What animal was Saturn? (9) |
| NEWYORK | This city's Philharmonic orchestra commissioned Dvorak to write his ninth symphony (3,4) |
| STOKEPOGES | Buckinghamshire Village where Thomas Gray was inspired to write his famous Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (5,5) |
| NAACP | Org. formed in 1909 by, among others, W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett |
| HEREIN | "And ___ lies the tragedy of the age: . . . that men know so little of men": W. E. B. Du Bois |
| STEVIEWONDER | In an interview that recently went viral, this music icon told Oprah Winfrey that he's planning a permanent move to Ghana |
| SIGN | Leo, for instance, has to write his name |
| HOLINSHED | Who is the author of the source that Shakespeare used to write his play? |
| ACCRA | Capital of Ghana and burial site of W. E. B. Du Bois |
| HARVARD | Where W.E.B. Du Bois got his doctorate |
