By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Regal 🤴🏿 Origins Kofi Annan was born on April 8, 1938, in (Fante New Town, an ethnic Fante Community) in the predominantly Asante city of Kumasi, in Ghana. He was born into one of the Ghana’s Fante aristocratic families. Both of his  grandfathers were Fante paramount chiefs. His father, Henry Reginald … Continue reading Black History Spotlight: Kofi Annan-First Black United Nations Secretary-General