Oral history interview with Kofi Annan, 2002

Biographical Note

Secretary General, United Nations

Scope and Contents

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

Subjects

• African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
• Annan, Kofi A.--(Kofi Atta)--Interviews.
• Capitalism.
• Economic development.
• Human rights.
• Human security.
• Interviews
• National liberation movements--Ghana.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United Nations--History--20th century.
• United Nations--Officials and employees--Interviews.
• United Nations. Secretary-General.
• Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2002