Anti-slavery campaigner to share his story

KOFI ANNAN: the name sounds familiar.

It is shared by the seventh secretary general of the UN and by a man who rose above unspeakable suffering to become a world champion of human rights.

Both men’s early lives could hardly have been more different. Although they were both born in Ghana, the former secretary general had a relatively privileged upbringing while James Kofi Annan spent his childhood in bondage.