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(1938-2018) Author. Kofi Atta Annan was born in Kumasi, Gold Coast (Ghana), and died in Bern, Switzerland. He was a secretary general of the United Nations, and he wrote a memoir.

Full Name

Kofi Annan

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1938

BIRTH

Kofi Atta Annan was born in Kumasi, Gold Coast (Ghana), on April 8, 1938.

1997

OTHER

Mr. Annan became secretary general of the United Nations in 1997 and served in that position for about ten years.

2012

LITWORK

Interventions: A Life in War and Peace
Penguin Press
1594204209 / 978-1594204203
Memoir written with Nader Mousavizadeh.

2014

LITWORK

We the Peoples: A UN for the Twenty-First Century
Routledge
1612055583 / 978-1612055589
Nonfiction written with Edward Mortimer.

2018

DEATH

Kofi Annan died in Bern, Switzerland, on August 18, 2018.

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