For years, Ghana’s proposed National Cathedral has existed at the centre of political debate, public scrutiny and national controversy. Conversations around the project have often focused on its cost, delays and the fierce public criticism surrounding it. But at a public lecture delivered at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), world-renowned architect Sir David Adjaye offered something rarely heard in Ghana’s heated discourse on the cathedral: an explanation of the vision behind the project.