Oral history interview with Kofi Annan, 2002.

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Oral history interview with Kofi Annan, 2002.

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Family background, childhood, memories of time spent at boarding school in Ghana and at Macalester College in Minnesota; effect of being politically aware at both home and in school; African struggle for independence in Ghana, black struggle for independence in the United States; international service career and the people and leadership in Africa and the United Nations; views on capitalism and economic development; recruitment tactics and growth and improvement within the UN; human rights and human security.

transcript: 36 p.

Nolan, Norton & Company, Incorporated

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