ABOUT THE BOOK
A full color, perfect bound, laminated picture book on U.S.-Africa engagement since 1957. The 176 page book begins with a special emphasis on U.S.-Ghana relations. Ghana has become America’s launching pad for intensified engagement with the African continent and this commemorative book shares archival and never before seen photographs of most of the historic moments between 1957 and 2009 including important inter-governmental, social, corporate, non governmental and human interest milestones that have shaped bi-lateral relations.
The second part of the book extends to rare moments in U.S.-Africa engagement and includes historic pictures of bill-signing events of landmark U.S. legislations involving Africa, President Obama’s historic meeting with 25 sub-Saharan African heads of state in New York (September 2009), his meeting with Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Tsvangarai (July 2009), awkward meeting (hand shake) with Libya’s leader Muammar al-Quadafi in L’Aquila, Italy, his Oval office meeting with Botswana’s President Khama (November 2009) and Secretary Hillary Clinton’s 7 nation tour of Africa (August 2009).
The publication is timeless and informative, and relevant to private citizens,diplomats, educational institutions, government officials and development workers with vested interest in U.S.-Ghana or U.S. multilateral relations with Africa. It is the first publication to pictorially capture and present a chronological timeline in history on this subject.
We see both the statesmanship of U.S. and African leaders as well as their childlike humanness; from President Clinton interacting with a crowd in Ghana to President George W. Bush rubbing his forehead against that of a Ghanaian student in Accra. We see a president soliciting a handshake, first ladies engaging each other, presidents having a tête à tête, national rallies, singing of national anthems, state banquets, press corps members covering the historic events, progress in development work and lots more. Notes on each page provide useful information about each photograph.
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