Honoring Black Ancestors : Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80

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In the Spirit of Sankofa,

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80

FRANCIS KOKUTSE and JOHN HEILPRIN
Associated Press
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FILE - In this Sunday, July 22, 2007 file photo Nelson Mandela and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan arrive together at the 5th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, held at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. (AP Photo, File)



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Ghana mourns Annan, grandson of tribal chiefs to UN chief
By FRANCIS KOKUTSE | Associated Press

...President Nana Akufo-Addo ordered flags to fly at half-mast for a week while trying to reassure the country's 28 million people that the former U.N. secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner left the world without pain.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/18/ghana-mourns-annan-grandson-tribal-chiefs-to-un-chief.html

 

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/kofi-annan-once-reacted-being-180147188.html
...“Morgan Freeman, may I have an autograph?” one man said. Annan reportedly smiled, graciously signed “Morgan Freeman” with the man’s pen, and returned to his sabbatical.

How Kofi Annan Once Reacted To Being Mistaken For Morgan Freeman

Andy McDonald
HuffPost