Famous Mixed Couples Part 1

"We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race." Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan born April 8, 1938, is a Ghanaian diplomat and the seventh and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. Annan was born to Henry Reginald and Victoria Annan in the Kofandros section of Kumasi, Ghana. As with most Akan names, his name indicates the day of the week he was born and place in his family: Kofi indicates a boy born on a Friday, and Annan denotes that he was the fourth child of his family. Annan was a twin, an occurrence that is regarded as special in Ghanaian culture; his twin sister Efua Atta died in 1991. Atta means twin in Fante.

Annan's family was part of the country's elite; both of his grandfathers and his uncle were tribal chiefs. His father was half Asante and half Fante; his mother was Fante. Annan's father worked for a long period as an export manager for the Lever Brothers cocoa company.

Annan is married to Nana Maria Annan (born Lagergren, 1944) a Swedish lawyer and artist who is the half-niece of Raoul Wallenberg. Of their three children, Kojo Annan and Ama Annan are from Kofi Annan's previous marriage with Nigerian Titi Alakija. They divorced in the late 1970s. Their third child, Nina Cronstedt de Groot, is from a previous marriage of Nane Annan. Kojo Annan was in the headlines in 2005 because of his involvement in the Oil for Food Programme.
Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyklopedia

Isn't this couple a source of inspiration to all mixed couples? A global high profil African man, married to a Swedish woman. He is the cheif of UN, the organisation which main objective is to keep peace on earth and bring equality to people from all nations. A mission that could have been given by God himself. Maybe a mission impossible.
I have always admired and respected Kofi Annan. I like his calm, his humble dignity and his genuine humanity.

I wish Kofi and his wife Nana all luck in their marriage and in their work efforts onwards.