Ghanaian Activists - Ghanaian Abolitionists, Ghanaian Democracy Activists, Ghanaian Feminists, John Kufuor, Kofi Abrefa Busia (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ghanaian Abolitionists, Ghanaian Democracy Activists, Ghanaian Feminists, John Kufuor, Kofi Abrefa Busia, Mawuli Dieudonne Tasiame, Ottobah Cugoano, G. E. Ferguson, Efua Dorkenoo. Excerpt: John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) was the second president of the 4th Republic of Ghana (20012009) and Chairperson of the African Union (20072008). His victory over John Atta-Mills after the end of Jerry Rawlings' second term marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since the country's independence in 1957. Kufuor's career has been spent on the liberal-democratic side of Ghanaian politics, in the parties descended from the United Gold Coast Convention and the United Party. He was a minister in Kofi Abrefa Busia's Progress Party government during Ghana's Second Republic, and a Popular Front Party opposition frontbencher during the Third Republic. In the Fourth Republic he stood as the New Patriotic Party's candidate at the 1996 election, and then led it to victory in 2000 and 2004. Having served two terms, in 2008 he was no longer eligible for the presidency. A member of the Ashanti people, Kufuor married Theresa Kufuor (ne Mensah) in 1962, with whom he has had five children. Kufuor and his family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Kumasi and educated at Osei Tutu Boarding School (1951-53), Prempeh College (1954-58), Lincoln's Inn, London (1959-1961) and Exeter College, University of Oxford (1961-1964). In the Second Republic's Parliamentary Register Kufuor lists as his hobbies and interests table tennis, reading, football, and film shows. As Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs he represented Ghana on a number of occasions. From 1969 to December, 1971, he led Ghana's delegation to the United Nations Ge... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=392419