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...fall in the same year? Time could have done Ghana's tourism industry a great favor by including photographs of some of the castles, beautiful sandy beaches and Lake Volta. I would like to have seen mention of some of the country's personalities, like former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor. And of course Ghana is full of friendly and warm people. We are a peaceful country with a peaceful people. Kofi Amoah, LEICESTER, ENGLAND...
...Delight Kofi Aka was born in 1988, just�as things in Ghana began to improve. Now 18, Delight is tall and lean, with the naive swagger of someone who has not yet known failure. He is in his final year at a boys' Catholic boarding school in the Volta region, one of the best in Ghana. The family cannot afford to pay the school fees (some $600 a year), but two years ago, Suzzy convinced her pastors at Global Evangelical that her son was gifted and deserved a scholarship. Grandfather Kwame paid the $150 entrance fee, and Delight was handed...
Columnist Joe Klein's admiration for outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was misplaced and misguided [Dec. 25, 2006--Jan. 1, 2007]. Annan's 10 years at the U.N. saw the organization's effectiveness and reputation drop to new lows. The list of scandals, misappropriations and misdeeds was surpassed only by the opportunities missed. Ten years ago, I supported the U.N. mission. Now, owing largely to Annan's pathetic leadership, I no longer support the U.S.'s role in the U.N. The cost to U.S. taxpayers (remember, we pay 25% of the U.N.'s budget) is not worth...
...Kofi Annan's 10 years at the United Nations were not a "triumph of high achievement," but the Secretary-General was a force for civility throughout. His work-and the efforts of the U.N. inspection teams?in the months leading up to the Iraq war deserves special mention. The U.N.'s search for weapons of mass destruction was rigorous and accurate: there were no weapons to be found. Annan quietly understood that an American invasion would be a disaster. He suffered physically and mentally over his failure to prevent the war. After the invasion, he experienced a mild nervous collapse...
...speaks Arabic, Russian, Chinese, and American Sign Language “to a lesser degree.” What’s next? Hopefully Swahili. Not surprisingly, his dream job is to work for the UN. His cell phone is programmed in French and Iranian posters cover his walls. Kofi Annan, take note. Blockmate Ekua K. Nkyekyer ’07 relates a story of Terrelonge’s mad language skills. While riding on a bus together, she recalls, he held a conversation with two Persian native speakers who told him his abilities were ‘amazing...