Oral history interview with Kofi Annan, 2002
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- Name
- Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta) (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Kofi Annan, 2002
- Abstract
- 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 eco nomic development; recruitment tactics and growth and improvement within the UN; human rights and human security
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- National liberation movements--Ghana; African Americans--Civil rights--20th century; Economic development; Capitalism; Human rights; Human security; Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta); United Nations. Secretary-General; United Nations Officials and employees; United Nations History
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2002
- Note (Biographical)
- Secretary General, United Nations
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on April 29, 2002
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13683173
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-xcxm-ng04
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.